Lloyd's Maritime Law Newsletter

Charterparty – Time lost at discharge port waiting for instructions – Sampling and analyses – Claim for damages for detention – Demurrage – Interest – LMAA Small Claims Procedure – Costs and interest on costs

Charterparty (voyage) – Demurrage – Notice of readiness – Free pratique – Vessel leaving berth without discharging due to concerns about under-keel clearance

Sale of cargo – FOB contract – Failure of purchaser to provide vessel or suitable letter of credit – Meaning of “laycan” – Measure of damages – Sale of Goods Act 1979, section 50(3)

Carriage of goods by sea – Alleged misdelivery after discharge – Time bar – Whether one-year limitation period under Hague-Visby Rules applied to misdelivery after discharge – Implied term

Carriage of goods – Charterparty and sub-charter – Discharge of cargo without bills of lading – Vessel arrested by lending bank – Claim by carrier for indemnity – Whether indemnity required by terms of charterparty – Construction of indemnity clause – Effect of novation of charter – Measure of damages