ST Shipping and Transport Pte Ltd v Space Shipping Ltd (The “CV Stealth”) – QBD (Comm Ct) (Popplewell J) – 20 April 2016

Charterparty – Vessel detained at Venezuelan port while waiting to load cargo – Whether charterers liable for financial consequences of detention.Arbitration – Appeal – Whether permission required to appeal arbitration award where charterparty provided that either party might appeal to High Court on any question of law.

On 10 April 2014 the owners of the vessel CV Stealth chartered her on an amended Shelltime 4 form for a period of, in the event, about eight months. Hire was payable monthly in advance at a rate of US$14,500 a day.