Voyage Charters

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Chapter 36 Nomination of Loading and Discharging Ports

4. NAMING LOADING AND DISCHARGE PORTS
- (a) The Charterer shall name the loading port or ports at least twenty-four (24) hours prior to the Vessel’s readiness to sail from the last previous port of discharge, or from bunkering port for the voyage, or upon signing this Charter if the Vessel has already sailed. However, Charterer shall have the option of ordering the Vessel to the following destinations for wireless orders:

	On a voyage to a port or ports in:
ST.	KITTS Caribbean or U.S. Gulf loading port(s)
PORT	SAID Eastern Mediterranean or Persian Gulf loading port(s)
(from	ports west of Port Said.)

(b) If lawful and consistent with Part I and with the Bills of Lading, the Charterer shall have the option of nominating a discharging port or ports by radio to the Master on or before the Vessel’s arrival at or off the following places:

Place	On a voyage to a port or ports in:
LAND’S	END United Kingdom/Continent (Bordeaux/Hamburg range) or Scandinavia (including Denmark)
SUEZ	Mediterranean (from Persian Gulf)
GIBRALTAR	Mediterranean (from Western Hemisphere).

(c) Any extra expense incurred in connection with any change in loading or discharging ports (so named) shall be paid for by the Charterer and any time thereby lost in the Vessel shall count as used laytime.

36.1 This clause is concerned with the timing and manner of the nomination of the loading or discharging port or ports by the charterer. The subject is discussed more fully in Chapter 5, above. However, the Asbatankvoy charter includes several provisions which require special comment.

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