HYUNDAI MERCHANT MARINE CO LTD v FURNESS WITHY (AUSTRALIA) PTY (THE “DORIC PRIDE”)

[2005] 2 Lloyd's Rep. 470

QUEEN’S BENCH DIVISION (COMMERCIAL COURT )

Before Mr Michael Crane QC sitting as a Deputy Judge of the High Court

Charter-party (Time) - Off-hire - Vessel chartered for trip from US Gulf to South Korea - Charterers directed vessel to load at New Orleans - Vessel ordered by US Coast Guard to await security clearance before entering Mississippi River - Whether vessel “detained” within meaning of off-hire clause - Whether delay caused by USCG - Whether delay “occasioned by calling port of trading under this charter” - Whether owners entitled to damages under implied indemnity for complying with charterers’ directions.