VTC v PVS – QBD (Com Ct)(Hamblen J) – 26 April 2012

Charterparty – Warranty by owners that vessel would arrive at load port with “all cargo tanks … suitable to load the intended cargo” – Vessel found to have crack in slop tank – Whether owners in breach of charter

On 23 September 2005 the vessel was chartered on an amended Shelltime 4 form for a period of about 10 years. Clause 64 of the charter provided: