Detention for anchoring in Spore OPL without permission from local authorities - who bears the loss?
Over the past years many vessels have been detained by Indonesian or Malaysian navies for anchoring in their waters without permission....
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Siddharth Mahajan
- Sep 30, 2023
- 2 min
Covid-19 and off hire
During Covid, there were several instances where the vessels suffered delays until they could provide evidence to the authorities showing...
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Siddharth Mahajan
- Jan 28, 2023
- 2 min
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...
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Siddharth Mahajan
- Jan 1, 2023
- 1 min
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...
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Siddharth Mahajan
- Aug 7, 2022
- 2 min
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...
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Siddharth Mahajan
- Apr 9, 2022
- 2 min
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...
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Siddharth Mahajan
- Apr 3, 2022
- 2 min
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,...
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Siddharth Mahajan
- Mar 26, 2022
- 1 min
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...
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Siddharth Mahajan
- Mar 26, 2022
- 1 min
Delays due to COVID & offhire
If a ship is held by quarantine officers because a crew member is suspected of being COVID positive then the risk of delay falls on...
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Siddharth Mahajan
- Sep 26, 2021
- 1 min
Baltic Exchange changing its benchmark vessel impacts hire payment?
If the Baltic Exchange alters the published rate scheme by changing the benchmark vessel during the currency of charter then hire...
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Siddharth Mahajan
- Apr 28, 2019
- 1 min
Vessel captured by pirates - is hire suspended? (hint: it depends on the wording of the clause)
Once a vessel is hijacked by pirates, there are bound to be many commercial disputes. Hire payment is one of them, as seen recently in...
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Siddharth Mahajan
- Jan 20, 2019
- 1 min
Hold cleaning costs following carriage of a dirty cargo - claimable?
One longstanding principle of claiming damages for breach of contract, such as charterparty, is that the innocent party has to show what...
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