Freight Connect (S) Pte Ltd v Paragon Shipping Pte Ltd - Court of Appeal (Sundaresh Menon CJ, Chao Hick Tin JA and Chan Sek Keong SJ) [2015] SGCA 37 - 31 July 2015

Charterparty - Berth or port charter - Whether vessel an "arrived ship" - Whether notice of readiness validly tendered - Whether owners entitled to detention charges - Whether owners entitled to indemnity in respect of claims brought by third party

On 26 July 2012 the appellant and the respondent concluded a fixture (the first fixture) pursuant to which the respondent agreed to provide the vessel Dahua for the purpose of shipping a cargo of machinery from Nanwei to Singapore. The lump sum freight was US$161,000, and the fixture provided: