EURONAV NV v REPSOL TRADING SA (THE “MARIA”)

[2022] 1 Lloyd's Rep. 247

QUEEN'S BENCH DIVISION(COMMERCIAL COURT)

Before Mr Justice Henshaw

Demurrage – Time bar – Charterparty providing for demurrage claims to be notified to charterers within 30 days after completion of discharge – Whether “date of completion” to be ascertained according to local time at place of discharge or according to time zone which had the closest and most real connection with the provision in question – Whether claim time-barred – Summary judgment – Civil Procedure Rules, Part 24.