“Amalie Essberger” Tankreederei GmbH & Co KG v Marubeni Corporation [2019] EWHC 3402 (Comm)

Documentation supporting a demurrage claim

The claimant owners of M/T Amalie Essberger had voyage-chartered the vessel to the defendantsfor carriage of a cargo of cyclohexane from Rotterdam in the Netherlands to Castellon in Spain. The charterparty was dated 18 November 2017 and made on an amended Asbatankvoy form, permitted laytime being “48 hrs shinc ttl” (48 hours, Sundays and Holidays included, total) across both load and discharge ports.