London Arbitration 9/25

Charterparty - Amended NYPE 1993 form - Stoppage outside discharge port on receipt of notice from unpaid sellers of cargo - Whether vessel off-hire during time taken by owners making enquiries and ordering vessel to resume voyage - Whether owners entitled to costs of underwater inspection after charterers ordered vessel to an unsafe berth - Whether port call cost due as per charterparty despite port being within trading limit as per recap - Whether disponent owners entitled to indemnity for costs of defending back-to-back head charter arbitration - LMAA Small Claims Procedure

The subject vessel was chartered by the claimant disponent owners to the charterers on an amended NYPE 1993 form with amendments and additional clauses for one time charter trip "via ECSA to Persian Gulf - Japan range within trading limits (intention Iraq) with cargo of grains in bulk (intention soybeans) via safe berths, safe anchorages ...". The rate of hire was US$20,000 per day.