10/86

Whether Dardanelles pilotage fees are “compulsory” within meaning of charterparty clause

The vessel was time chartered on the NYPE form, clause 2 of which (as amended) provided that, whilst on hire, the charterers should inter alia provide and pay for all compulsory pilotages. Pilotage fees were incurred during the vessel’s passage through the Dardanelles and the Bosphorous. There was an issue as to whether owners or charterers were liable for those fees.