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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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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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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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Covid, demurrage and force majeure
Covid-19 has led to unprecedented disruptions to logistical chains. Either the goods can’t arrive in port or where they can, pick up...
Dec 31, 20201 min read
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Demurrage claims, supporting docs & time bars
When submitting a demurrage claim, C/Ps usually requires the owner to submit all supporting documents within a certain time period after...
Dec 30, 20201 min read
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Demurrage claim docs - owners need to re-submit what charterers already have?
When making a demurrage claim C/Ps usually require submission of all supporting documents. But what are these? What if some of them are...
Dec 31, 20191 min read
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Leaving the berth due to bad wx - laytime clock stops?
Ordering a vessel off the berth in anticipation of bad weather is standard protocol ports follow for safety reasons. This could (and does...
Dec 31, 20191 min read
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Bad wx preventing barges from coming alongside - can laytime start?
Is a storm warning sufficient to interrupt laytime? and if bad weather prevents the lightering barges from coming alongside the mother...
Oct 27, 20191 min read
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Sales contract & C/P are separate documents
In Gunvor v Crugas [2018] a sales contract was concluded for sale of gasoline CIF Hoeeidah. It required the buyer to pay “demurrage as...
Dec 23, 20181 min read
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Vessel waiting for orders - a demurrage or detention claim?
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...
Dec 16, 20181 min read
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