Lloyd's Maritime Law Newsletter
Bottiglieri Di Navigazione SpA v Cosco Qingdao Ocean Shipping Co (The "Bunga Saga Lima") - QBD (Com Ct) (Gloster J) - 4 February 2005
Charterparty - NYPE form - Warranty by owners that vessel's holds would be "grain clean" on arrival at first load port and that vessel would be off-hire if holds had to be cleaned - Vessel presented at first load port with coal residues - Charterers aware that vessel not "grain clean" but nevertheless loaded iron ore cargo at first load port without requiring holds to be cleaned
The vessel Bunga Saga Lima was chartered on the NYPE form as amended for a short time charter period comprising two or three
laden legs. The charterparty provided;