Lloyd's Maritime Law Newsletter
N Z Michalos v. The Food Corporation of India (The Apollon) - Q.B.D. (Com. Ct.) (Bingham J.) - 13 October 1982
Baltimore Berth Grain Form - Vessel’s draft too great to enter berth for discharge - Whether notice of readiness valid
The vessel
Apollon
was chartered on the Baltimore Berth Grain Form C to carry a cargo of wheat or sorghums from an Argentinian port to an Indian
port. One of the issues in the case was whether the vessel was ready to discharge when she tendered notice of readiness, even
though she subsequently required to be lightened so that her draft could be sufficiently reduced to enable her to get alongside
a berth. The relevant charterparty clauses provided: