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Voyage charterparty - Provision for lump sum freight - Gencon strike clause - Whether owners entitled to freight on loaded quantity only

The vessel was chartered on a Gencon form for the carriage of a cargo of min-max 1,700 tonnes of cargo from Portugal to the United Kingdom. The freight was described in box 13 as D.fl.65,500 lump sum - fios and in box 13 it was stated that freight was payable after right and true delivery, less estimated disbursements and commission. Clause 15 of the charter-party was the unamended general strike clause which, so far as relevant, provided: