London Arbitration 15/25

Voyage charter - Holds rejected after delivery of NOR at the loading port anchorage - Whether the charterers were in breach of an implied term that they would arrange a reinspection after hold cleaning - Whether the reinspection could be carried out during the weekend - Calculation of demurrage Procedure - LMAA Small Claims Procedure - Permission to adduce new evidence with reply submissions - Costs consequences

The subject vessel was chartered by the claimant owners to the respondent charterers for a voyage from a port on the Baltic Sea to North Africa for the carriage of a cargo of 30,000 mt of wheat in bulk. The charterparty was made by a fixture recap incorporating a proforma charterparty on an amended Synacomex 90 form with additional clauses.