IMT SHIPPING AND CHARTERING GMBH v CHANSUNG SHIPPING CO LTD (THE “ZENOVIA”)

[2009] Lloyd's Rep Plus 53

QUEEN’S BENCH DIVISION (COMMERCIAL COURT)

Before Mr Justice Tomlinson

Charterparty (Time) – Charterers giving notice of expected redelivery – Owners fixing vessel’s further employment based on expected redelivery date – Charterers subsequently giving second notice with later redelivery date – Whether charterers precluded by promissory estoppel from resiling from first notice – Whether charter contained implied term that charterers would not deliberately prevent original redelivery date being met.