London Arbitration 4/21

Contract – Towage – Tugowner contracting to tow two barges from North Sea port to Black Sea port – Whether port agency charges payable – Whether sheltering in Atlantic Spanish port justified – Whether tug unseaworthy – Whether lack of good faith on part of tugowner – Calculation of Free Time – Whether tugowner entitled to Delay Payments – Whether tugowner entitled to costs of foreign proceedings

By a contract on the Towcon 2008 form, with amendments, the claimant (the tugowner) agreed with the respondent (the hirer) to tow two barges from a North Sea port (NSP) to a Black Sea port (BSP).