Motor Oil (Hellas) Corinth Refineries S.A. v. Shipping Corporation of India (The Kanchenjunga) - House of Lords (Lord Keith, Lord Brandon, Lord Templeman, Lord Griffiths and Lord Goff) - 15 February 1990

Vessel’s compliance with charterers’ order to proceed to unsafe port constitutes waiver of right to reject charterers’ nomination

The vessel Kanchenjunga was chartered on the Exxonvoy form for four consecutive voyage charters. On 19 November 1980 the vessel was sub-chartered on the Asbatankvoy form for a single voyage, loading from “one/two safe [ports] Arabian Gulf exclusing Iran and Iraq but including Kharg, Lavan and Sirri Islands”.