TIDEBROOK MARITIME CORPORATION v VITOL SA (THE “FRONT COMMANDER”)

[2006] 1 Lloyd's Rep. 353

QUEEN’S BENCH DIVISION (COMMERCIAL COURT)

Before His Honour Judge Mackie QC (sitting as a Judge of the Queen’s Bench Division)

Charter-party (Voyage) - Laytime - Calculation - Charter providing that laytime should not commence before earliest layday unless charterer consented in writing - Charterer instructing vessel to tender NOR and berth prior to earliest layday - Whether charterers consented to laytime commencing early.