London Arbitration 14/25

Asbatankvoy charter - Jurisdiction - Whether notice commencing arbitration effective - Whether LMAA Terms prevailed over clause 24 - Whether demurrage claim time-barred for omission of an invoice from claim documents provided within 60 days of discharge - Whether time stopped counting on hose connection, not disconnection - Whether stoppages because of threats of drone attacks should be regarded as "stoppages or restraint of labor" and time should not countProcedure - Charterers' solicitors ceasing to act - Final and peremptory order

The subject vessel was chartered by the claimant owners to the respondent charterers for a voyage from Turkey to Ukraine. After the conclusion of the voyage, the owners brought a claim for demurrage in London arbitration. The charterers challenged the claim on jurisdictional, time bar and substantive grounds.