Falkonera Shipping Co v Arcadia Energy Pte Ltd (The “Falkonera”) – QBD (Comm Ct) (Eder J) [2012] EWHC 3678 (Comm) – 20 December 2012

Charterparty – Ship-to-ship transfer – BPVOY4 form - Whether charterparty precluded transfer from VLCC to VLCC – Whether owners unreasonably withheld consent to transfer to VLCC

On 18 November 2011 the VLCC Falkonera was chartered on an amended BPVOY4 form to perform a single voyage to carry crude oil from the Yemen to “1-2 ports far east”. In the event, the charterers chose to discharge at Pasir Gudang, Malaysia by way of a ship-to-ship (STS) transfer.