London Arbitration 6/21

Charterparty – Cargo holds rejected at loading port – Whether time lost – Whether owners in breach of contract in respect of deviation caused by engine breakdown – Whether vessel underperformed – Whether owners liable to pay charterers for cost of replacement bunkers following deviation and underperformance

The subject vessel was chartered on the NYPE form for a time charter trip from Brazil to the Mediterranean carrying a cargo of sugar. She was delivered into the charter on 6 August, loaded her cargo between 12 and 13 August and proceeded to the Egyptian discharge port in accordance with the charterers’ orders.