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Blogs on maritime case law and a few other things

Aug 27, 20222 min read

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...

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 24, 20221 min read

Voyage charter

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...

Mar 26, 20221 min read

Covid-19

COVID & Off-hire - Pilot's refusal to have his body temp. measured

Most onboard COVID-19 protocols require the seafarers to implement certain measures before allowing 3rd parties onboard. One of the...

Mar 26, 20222 min read

Time charter

Is a time charterer responsible for ship's technical management?

Notwithstanding that a time charterer has little or no say in the way a vessel is technically managed, can it be found liable for...

Mar 26, 20221 min read

Sanctions

OFAC sanctions and payment of charter hire

What do you do as a shipowner if OFAC applies sanctions to charterers by adding them to the SDN list during the currency of C/P? Do you...

Dec 31, 20201 min read

Subjects

“Subject to suppliers’ approval of the vessel” - a pre condition?

"Subject to details", “subject to board approval” and other similar expressions are well known in ship chartering, meaning that the C/P...

Apr 2, 20201 min read

Covid-19

'The Covid battlefield' for owners and charterers

Coronavirus has the world’s attention. Shipping will clearly be affected. It could lead to disputes, souring some commercial...

Mar 29, 20201 min read

Bunkers

Payment for bunkers not remitted down the C/P chain - a risk for owners

It is common to have a string of contracts in the bunker supply chain, which creates a risk of ship being arrested if the payment for...

Dec 31, 20191 min read

NOR

Different NOR regimes for head and sub charterers

Altering the standard C/P forms and not having the charters on back to back terms may result in unexpected consequences. In The Alpha...

Oct 13, 20191 min read

Subjects

“SUB shippers/receivers 24h after…receiving all supporting docs” - when does the clock start?

Singapore Arbitration 03/19 recently addressed a seemingly straightforward question on 'subject' clause (in relation to vessel's...

Oct 7, 20181 min read

Laytime / demurrage

Dispute on who the shipowner is? Q88 to the rescue.

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...

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M-info

Blogs on maritime case law and a few other things

Contributors:

Siddharth Mahajan

Nishant Dhyani

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