London Arbitration 3/00

Safe port - Mooring ropes parting while vessel loading at Pier No 7 at Arica - Whether charterers in breach of safe port warranty - Charterers contracting to pay costs of ‘deviation’ to third discharge port - Whether charterers liable for costs incurred from completion of discharge at third discharge port to vessel’s redelivery

The vessel was chartered on the Gencon form to carry a cargo of bagged fish meal from Chile and Peru to Taichung and Kaohsiung, option one safe port China. The relevant provisions were as follows: