BUNGE SA V PAN OCEAN CO LTD (THE "SAGAR RATAN")

[2025] EWHC 193 (Admlty), King's Bench Division, Admiralty Court, The Honourable Mr Justice Henshaw, 30 January 2025

Charterparty (time) – Off-hire clause – Vessel crew testing positive for Covid-19 upon arrival – Risk of quarantine – Vessel sailing to replace crew – Whether off hire – BIMCO Infectious or Contagious Diseases Clause for Time Charterparties 2015

Upon arrival at the discharge port Bayuquan in China, members of the crew of Sagar Ratan tested positive for Covid-19. Rather than entering quarantine, the vessel sailed to Ulsan in Korea to replace the crew and returned to discharge.