TRANSATLANTICA COMMODITIES PTE LTD V EUROCHEM TRADING GMBH

[2026] EWHC 1494 (Comm), King's Bench Division, Commercial Court, Mr Justice Henshaw, 18 June 2026

Contracts (contract of affreightment) – Owners making non–contractual nomination – Charterers obtaining spot fixture – Whether subsequent voyage late performance of nominated voyage or performance of subsequent voyage – Damages

Shipowners appealed against an arbitration award made under LMAA 2021 terms. The dispute had arisen from a Contract of Affreightment dated 21 May 2020 for the carriage of three or four cargoes in charterers' option of fertiliser from Sillamae in Estonia to ports in Brazil/North America during the period 15 May to 15 November 2020.