London Arbitration 12/15

Demurrage – Intermediate engagement – Charterers agreeing to amendment of laycan dates – Vessel delayed at discharge port – Whether charterers liable for demurrage – Whether owners failed to prosecute voyage with all reasonable despatch

The vessel was chartered on an amended Gencon 94 form for a voyage from Nikolaev in the Ukraine to Le Legue in France with a cargo of Kaolin clay in bulk. At the time the parties entered into the fixture the vessel was in the Mediterranean proceeding toward Bourgas, after which it was originally expected she would proceed directly to Nikolaev in ballast.