London Arbitration 26/07

Charterparty – Cargo of sulphur – Owners guaranteeing vessel suitable for carriage of bulk sulphur – Loading port agents producing certificate from Ukrainian Cargo Bureau stating that cargo fell within IMO Class 4.1 – Classification Society instructing master not to load cargo in hold next to engine room – Hold left empty – Whether charterers liable for deadfreight – Whether master ought to have realised that cargo did not in fact fall within IMO Class 4.1 – Whether owners in breach of charter in failing to load contractual cargo

(2007) 733 LMLN 2