London Arbitration 11/21

Contract – Claim for price of bunkers – Bunkers supplied to various vessels at request of management company – Whether requests made on behalf of shipowner – Whether shipowner liable for price of bunkers

Following the tribunal’s award on jurisdiction (see London Arbitration 10/21) the tribunal proceeded to hear the claimants’ claim for the price of bunkers. The claimants contended that they supplied bunkers to three of the respondent’s vessels; that all supplies were expressly on the basis of their General Terms and Conditions of Sale (GTCS); and that they had not been paid for those bunkers. They claimed US$77,048.30 together with interest pursuant to their GTCS, and costs.