Trans Trade RK SA v Sebat Shipping and Trading Co [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

Voyage charterparty - Laytime and demurrage - Effect of failure to serve valid notice of readiness - Arbitration - Error of law - Arbitration Act 1996, sections 57 and 69

By a voyage charterparty concluded on 9 April 2022, the claimant charterers chartered the vessel Sebat from the defendant owners. Sebat was to carry a cargo of Ukrainian origin barley in bulk on a voyage from Constanta in Romania to Brake in Germany. The charterparty was evidenced by a recap. This contained provisions on laytime and demurrage and also incorporated the Synacomex 2000 form (Continent Grain Charterparty).