SBT Star Bulk & Tankers (Germany) GmbH & Co KG v Cosmotrade SA (The “Wehr Trave”) – QBD (Comm Ct) (Sir Bernard Eder sitting as a Judge of the High Court) [2016] EWHC 583 (Comm) – 22 March 2016

Charterparty – Time charter trip – Vessel chartered for one trip – Vessel carrying and discharging cargo – Whether charterers entitled to order empty vessel to proceed to a further load port for another carrying voyage – Whether last voyage order legitimate

On 16 October 2013 the vessel Wehr Trave was chartered on an amended NYPE 1946 form with additional clauses. The relevant terms of the charter (including deletions) were as follows: