Gunvor SA v Crugas Yemen Ltd [2018] EWHC 2061 (Comm)

Demurrage and sale contracts

This case revolved around whether demurrage provisions, including ancillary provisions, had been incorporated into a sale contract and if so, whether the claimant seller’s demurrage claims were time-barred by reason of an incorporated demurrage time-bar provision and whether the demurrage provision operated by way of indemnity or as an independent obligation.

The facts