Unifert International SAL v. Panous Shipping Co. Inc. (The Virginia M) - Q.B.D. (Com.Ct.) (Hobhouse J.) - 18 November 1988

Whether notice of readiness validly given where vessel able to discharge some but not all her cargo

The vessel Virginia M was chartered under the Gencon form for the carriage of a cargo of bagged calcium ammonium nitrate from Constanza to Nigeria. The vessel was fairly elderly and required a daily supply of about 20 tons of fresh water to feed her boilers and provide the steam necessary to run her auxiliaries.