TRANS TRADE RK SA V SEBAT SHIPPING AND TRADING COMPANY

[2026] EWHC 950 (Comm), King's Bench Division, Commercial Court, Peter MacDonald Eggers KC (sitting as a Deputy Judge of the High Court), 28 April 2026

Charterparty (voyage) – Commencement of laytime – Invalid notice of readiness – No agreement, waiver or estoppel treating the notice as valid – Whether laytime commenced upon commencement of cargo operations – Deemed waiver

SST were the owners of the vessel Sebat. TTRK were the charterers under a voyage charterparty concluded by a recap on 9 April 2022 on the Synacomex 2000 form, to carry a cargo of Ukrainian origin barley in bulk on a voyage from Constanta in Romania to Brake in Germany.