Pacific Basin IHX Ltd v Bulkhandling Handymax AS (The “Triton Lark”) – QBD (Com Ct)(Teare J) – 25 January 2012

Charterparty – CONWARTIME 1993 – Charterers instructing vessel to carry cargo via Suez and Gulf of Aden – Vessel proceeded via Cape of Good Hope because of risk of piracy – Whether owners entitled to extra cost of proceeding via Cape of Good Hope – Whether passage round Cape of Good Hope constituted a deviation

On 8 November 2011 judgment was given as to the true construction of clause 1(b) and (2) of CONWARTIME 1993, which provided: