REDERI A/B. "UNDA" v. W. W. BURDON & CO., LTD.

(1936) 55 Ll.L.Rep. 149

KING'S BENCH DIVISION.

Before Mr. Justice Lewis.

Charter-party-Shifting boards-Cost of provision, &c.-"(4) Owners shall provide and pay for . . . all stores, and maintain her in a thoroughly efficient state in hull, machinery and equipment for and during the service with dunnage, mats, shifting boards (as far as on board). . . . (5) Charterers shall provide and pay for coals (except for cooking and heating) canal dues, port charges, pilotages, agencies, commissions, expenses of loading and unloading cargoes, and all other charges and expenses whatsoever appertaining to the cargo, except those before stated"-Vessel loaded with wheat in bulk-Owners obliged under Swedish law to fit shifting boards-Whether cost appertained to ship or cargo- Cost paid by shipowners without prejudice -Claim to recover from charterers.