SK Shipping Europe plc v Capital VLCC 3 Corporation and Another (The “C Challenger”) – QBD (Comm Ct) (Foxton J) [2020] EWHC 3448 (Comm) – 16 December 2020

Charterparty – Misrepresentation – Whether owners misrepresented vessel’s fuel consumption – Whether owners in repudiatory breach of charter – Whether charterers entitled to rescind or terminate charter for misrepresentation or repudiatory breach – Whether charterers affirmed charter – Whether guarantor liable – Whether Statute of Frauds satisfied

This action arose out of a long-term charterparty (the charterparty) entered into between the claimant (the owners) and the third defendant Capital VLCC 3 Corporation (the charterers) in early December 2016 in respect of the owners’ VLCC C Challenger.