Lloyd's Maritime Law Newsletter

Charterparty – Hold cleaning – Whether vessel off-hire during hold cleaning – Covid-19 pandemic – Whether vessel off-hire due to alleged crew sickness

Charterparty – Covid-19 pandemic – Master insisting that pilots at discharge port take temperatures with mercury thermometer before embarking on vessel – Pilots refusing to comply – Vessel consequently missing berthing slot and incurring delay – Whether vessel off-hire – Whether “default” of officers or crew – Whether vessel “put back” by reason of master’s failure to perform duties in breach of charter – Whether hire suspended or owners in breach of charter

Charterparty – Dunnage removal – Charterers having option to redeliver vessel with clean holds against lumpsum payment but dunnage removal to be for charterers’ account – Dunnage not removed from vessel’s deck prior to redelivery – Whether charterers responsible for time and expense incurred by owners in removing materials to cross-deck – Measure of damages recoverable by owners