Lloyd's Maritime Law Newsletter

Laytime – Commencement of laytime – Validity of notice of readiness – Weather working days – Whether time to be excluded for threat of bad weather – Whether charterers entitled to rely on force majeure – Whether charterers entitled to deduct period of bad weather

Arbitration – Practice – Peremptory order – Respondent failing to comply with peremptory order for service of defence and counterclaim submissions – Respondent applying for extension of time – Whether extension of time should be granted

Charterparty – BIMCO Supplytime 2017 form – Interpretation of payments clause