London Arbitration 11/25

Time charter - Claim for unpaid hire - Vessel sailing from Qingdao, China to Nanaimo, Canada - Whether route via Kanmon Strait was a deviation for a crew change or the safer route to avoid a storm - Whether the master was entitled not to follow the route recommended by the charterers' weather routing company - Whether the charterers were entitled to deduct hire for all time lost or only for call at Wakayama for the crew change - Whether the charterers were entitled to a deduction for underperformance in the absence of good weather days - Crane breakdowns - Whether the charterers could rely on emails from agents or only on stevedores' logs Procedure - LMAA Small Claims Procedure - Costs

The subject vessel was chartered by the claimant owners to the respondent charterers by a time charterparty on an amended NYPE form for one time charter trip from China to Canada.