Food Corporation of India v. Marastro Cia. Naviera S.A. (The Trade Fortitude) - Court of Appeal (Dillon, Lloyd and Nicholls L.JJ.) - 19 May 1986

Whether arbitration award should be remitted on ground of alleged mistake

Shipowners claimed demurrage against charterers. The arbitrator awarded demurrage for 153 days 4 hours 18 minutes. He held that a total of 4 days 15 hours 13 minutes was not to count against laytime. The charterers argued that the arbitrator had made a simple mistake in the application of that period to the demurrage calculation, and that the time on demurrage was some ten days less than that stated in the award.