HBC Hamburg Bulk Carriers GmbH & Co KG v Huyton Inc (The "Glory Sanye") - QBD (Comm Ct) (Teare J) [2014] EWHC 4176 (Comm) - 12 December 2014

Charterparty - Addendum - Disponent owners chartering vessel for single voyage - Vessel unable to discharge cargo because of absence of receivers - Parties agreeing addendum substituting different discharge port - Charterers agreeing toindemnify disponent owners against losses and expenses arising from charterers' failure to discharge cargo - Whether charterers bound to indemnify disponent owners in respect of costs incurred in transiting Suez Canal

The claimants, as disponent owners, chartered the vessel Glory Sanye to the defendants for a voyage from Constanza to Djibouti with a cargo of wheat. The vessel loaded the cargo at Constanza and arrived at Djibouti.