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Blogs on maritime case law and a few other things

Jun 292 min read

Explosive Cargo, Divided Blame: Who Pays When a Shipment Goes Up in Flames?

Who is liable when a dangerous cargo shipment explodes during the voyage, the carrier or the shipper? This question becomes particularly...

Jul 9, 20232 min read

Fouling

Hull cleaning by owners after redelivery - at charterers' time & expense?

Hull fouling clauses in charterparties often state that ‘underwater cleaning of hull is always at charterers' time and expense’. What is...

Feb 26, 20232 min read

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Division of responsibilities related to cargo operations between charterers and owners

In dry trade it is common to see C/P clauses where all aspects of cargo operations are carried out under Master’s supervision but under...

Feb 12, 20232 min read

Limitation of liability

Is a claim by the shipowner against time charterer for damage to vessel limitable?

When there is a cargo fire and that consequently damages the vessel also, then can the time charterer limit its liability towards the...

Jan 28, 20232 min read

Hire related

No deductions from hire without shipowner’s consent?

A time charterer is relived of the obligation to pay hire under an off-hire provision. But what if the payment of hire clause is worded...

Jan 1, 20231 min read

Sanctions

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...

Aug 27, 20222 min read

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Time charterers and their liability towards 3rd parties for damage done by the vessel

Can a time charterer be held accountable to third parties for damage done by the ship, the root causes of which were connected to the...

Aug 7, 20222 min read

Hire related

Quarantine due to COVID & Off-hire

If a vessel is quarantined due to a COVID positive case onboard then who bears the risk? Charterers would want to put the vessel off-hire...

May 8, 20222 min read

Maritime lien

Time charterers and maritime liens

If a bank exercises its ship mortgage maritime lien and arrests a vessel for owner’s default, then a time charterer as provider of...

Apr 9, 20222 min read

Hire related

Can vessel be put off-hire for failing pre-inspection of cargo holds?

Vessels being put off-hire for cargo holds failing inspection at the load port is not that uncommon. But what if charterers make it clear...

Apr 3, 20222 min read

Covid-19

Crew change clauses & deviation - who bears the risk of delays?

C/P clauses entitling owners to deviate for crew change were and perhaps still are necessary. What if after carrying out the crew change,...

Mar 27, 20221 min read

Performance claims

Performance warranties & cancellation of C/P

Charterparties usually allow charterers to deduct hire for vessel’s underperformance, but are they entitled to cancel a C/P for...

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M-info

Blogs on maritime case law and a few other things

Contributors:

Siddharth Mahajan

Nishant Dhyani

Views expressed by the authors are their own and not that of the organization they work for.

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