Lloyd's Maritime Law Newsletter

Professor Robert Merkin KC and James Clanchy FCIArb

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Fercometal SARL v. Mediterranean Shipping Co. S.A. (The Simona) - Q.B.D. (Com.Ct.) (Leggatt J.) - 31 October 1985

Unaccepted repudiatory breach - Whether innocent party still obliged to prove readiness and ability to perform in claim for deadfreight

Fercometal chartered the vessel Simona from Mediterranean under a charterparty dated 11 June 1982 for a voyage from Durban to Bilbao and a part cargo of 6,000 metric tons of steel. The charterparty provided:

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