London Arbitration 18/19

Charterparty – Consumption of MDO – Charterparty clause describing vessel’s consumption as 0.3 mt per day – Whether owners entitled to claim 0.3 mt MDO each day without having to prove actual consumption – Whether charterers entitled to claim reimbursement of sums claimed by owners

The dispute in this arbitration concerned the question of consumption, or non-consumption, of MDO in the vessel’s auxiliary engines. The description of the vessel given in the charterparty said: