Lloyd's Maritime Law Newsletter
SK Shipping (S) Pte Ltd v Petroexport Ltd (The “Pro Victor”) – QBD (Com Ct) (Flaux J) – 24 November 2009
Charterparty – Anticipatory breach – Whether defendant’s subjective state of mind relevant – Whether defendant’s conduct renunciatory
On 17 August 2008 the claimant owners concluded a charterparty with the defendant charterers on an amended Asbatankvoy form
for the carriage of a cargo of petroleum products from Karachi to Taiwan, Korea and Japan at a lumpsum freight. The laycan
was 27 to 29 August.