London Arbitration 21/16

Charterparty – Vessel rejected at loading port for unclean holds – Charterparty providing for owners to clean holds at their expense and for notice of readiness to be re-tendered – Whether owners in breach of charter – Whether owners liable to pay carrying charges

The subject vessel was chartered to carry a cargo of agriproducts from the Mississippi River to ports in Morocco and Tunisia. The relevant provisions of the charterparty were as follows: