London Arbitration 14/22

Cargo to be discharged at one safe berth - Charterers asking vessel to wait outside port limits - Charterers seeking to discharge at second berth - Whether "special agreement" concluded - Heads of costs recoverable by owners - Whether owners entitled to value of bunkers while waiting - Duress - Time bar - Whether tribunal had jurisdiction

The subject vessel was chartered by an email recap dated 9 April, which incorporated the standard Vegoilvoy form and charterers’ rider clauses, for a voyage for the carriage of a cargo of soybean oil from San Lorenzo, Argentina to “1 SP/1SB BIK OR BANDAR ABBAS IN CHOPT”.