London Arbitration 23/21

Charterparty – Performance – Speed and consumption claim – Charterers relying on report of weather routing company – Whether report contractual – Methodology used – Relevance of wave height to Douglas Sea Scale – Whether owners in breach of charter

The subject vessel was a single-deck geared bulk carrier/logger built in 2012, with a summer deadweight of 28,233 tonnes, a length of 169.4 m and beam of 27.2 m. She was chartered on the NYPE 1946 form with additional clauses for one time charter trip of about 55 days without guarantee.