Rhine Shipping DMCC v Vitol SA [2023] EWHC 1265 (Comm) - King's Bench Division, Commercial Court (Simon Birt KC, sitting as a Deputy Judge of the High Court) - 26 May 2023

Charterparty - Warranty that vessel was free of encumbrances - Right of charterer to indemnity in event of detention - Measurement of loss - Effect of internal hedging by charterer - Remoteness of loss

The vessel Dijilah, a crude tanker, was the subject of a voyage charterparty dated 27 March 2020 between Rhine Shipping (the disponent owner) and Vitol (the charterer). The vessel had been chartered by Vitol to take delivery of a cargo of 260,000 mt of crude oil at Djeno, Congo and for transportation to ports in the Far East, Singapore and Japan region.