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US sanctions & freight payments - will '€' work instead of '$'?
To avoid US sanctions, Charterers sometime make payments to owners in currencies other than USD. What if the C/P provides that freight is...
Jan 1, 20231 min read
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What takes precedence - commercial pressures or the UKC policy and the necessary safety margins?
Breaching the UKC policy for commercial reasons is a calculated risk taken frequently. Sometimes the safety margins are however just too...
Aug 20, 20222 min read
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Variation in C/P. Charterers saying "unenforceable" since entered into under duress.
Voyage charterparties normally specify how many safe ports/berths charterers can ask the vessel to proceed to. If the vessel needs to...
Apr 24, 20221 min read
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Demurrage compensates only for lost freight?
If laytime is exceeded, demurrage kicks in to compensate a shipowner for the loss of prospective freight earnings. But is that all...
Mar 28, 20221 min read
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Demurrage, time bars and time zones
An interesting one for those in commercial operations. What time zone should be used to determine whether a demurrage claim is time...
Nov 30, 20212 min read
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Notice of Readiness (NOR) and what is an 'arrived ship'
Can charterer’s obligation to provide for a berth upon vessel’s arrival be triggered without the Master tendering notice of readiness?...
Nov 18, 20212 min read
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Is a document a bill of lading just because it is titled as such?
Is a document a bill of lading just because it is titled and worded as such? The question was up before Singapore Court of Appeal in The...
Sep 16, 20212 min read
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What is 'excessive' fouling?
Hull cleaning clauses or prolonged port stays clauses are fairly common in time charterparties. Cleaning of the hull is normally on...
Jun 24, 20211 min read
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"Shipped in apparent good order and condition" - apparent to whom?
A bill of lading will generally state that the cargo has been "shipped in apparent good order and condition". But apparent to whom –...
May 2, 20211 min read
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OOS in C/P - 'owners option substitute' or 'or other substitute'?
What does the term OOS mean in C/P? Is it ‘owners option substitute’ giving owners a unilateral right to replace the first vessel; or ‘or...
Apr 15, 20211 min read
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Demurrage & time bar
A voyage charter normally has rider clauses requiring owners to submit specified documents within a certain period of time when making a...
Jan 24, 20211 min read
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Laytime stops if discharge is delayed by government interferences?
Submitting false documents for clearance of cargo is never a good idea. In the case of The Muammer Yagci [2018], it led to a 4.5 month...
Dec 31, 20201 min read
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