London Arbitration 6/25

Charterparty - Amended NYPE 1993 form - Time charter trip Terneuzen, Netherlands to Jacksonville, US - Whether the owners were in breach of clause 8 when the master decided on safety grounds to cease following the charterers' recommended route via the Pentland Firth and to turn back and proceed through the English Channel - Whether the master's decision was justified and one which he was expressly permitted to take under the terms of the charterparty - Whether the vessel was off-hire by putting back or deviating

The subject vessel was fixed for one time charter trip from Terneuzen, Netherlands, to Jacksonville, US, with a laycan of 4 to 8 February and a duration of 25 days WOG (without guarantee). The charter was on the terms of an earlier charterparty on the NYPE 1993 form.