Euronav NV v Repsol Trading SA (The “Maria”) – QBD (Comm Ct) (Henshaw J) [2021] EWHC 2565 (Comm) – 24 September 2021

Demurrage – Time bar – Charterparty providing for demurrage claims to be notified to charterers within 30 days after completion of discharge – Whether “date of completion” to be ascertained according to local time at place of discharge or according to time zone which had the closest and most real connection with the provision in question – Whether claim time-barred

On 23 October 2019 the vessel Maria was chartered on the Shellvoy 6 form for the carriage of a cargo of crude oil from Brazil to a range of ports upon the US west coast: in the event, to Long Beach, California.