Breaching the UKC policy for commercial reasons is a calculated risk taken frequently. Sometimes the safety margins are however just too...

If laytime is exceeded, demurrage kicks in to compensate a shipowner for the loss of prospective freight earnings. But is that all...

An interesting one for those in commercial operations. What time zone should be used to determine whether a demurrage claim is time...

A voyage charter normally has rider clauses requiring owners to submit specified documents within a certain period of time when making a...

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...

Covid-19 has led to unprecedented disruptions to logistical chains. Either the goods can’t arrive in port or where they can, pick up...

When submitting a demurrage claim, C/Ps usually requires the owner to submit all supporting documents within a certain time period after...

When making a demurrage claim C/Ps usually require submission of all supporting documents. But what are these? What if some of them are...

Ordering a vessel off the berth in anticipation of bad weather is standard protocol ports follow for safety reasons. This could (and does...

Is a storm warning sufficient to interrupt laytime? and if bad weather prevents the lightering barges from coming alongside the mother...

In Gunvor v Crugas [2018] a sales contract was concluded for sale of gasoline CIF Hoeeidah. It required the buyer to pay “demurrage as...

In the absence of a clause giving a party the right to direct the vessel to wait for orders, they nonetheless order the vessel to wait...

Q88 (Tanker Questionnaire) is a key document when it comes to tanker chartering. Just how important a part it can play in the event of a...

Given that there can be multiple brokers involved in chartering, it can sometimes be difficult to identify for which party is a broker...

Various kinds of C/P issues are bound to arise from the ongoing conflict in Yemen. Most recently, in London Arbitration 16/18, a dispute...