Smart Gain Shipping Co Ltd v Langlois Enterprises Ltd (The "Globe Danae") - [2023] EWHC 1683 (Comm), King's Bench Division, Commercial Court (Sir Ross Cranston, sitting as a High Court judge) - 5 July 2023

Charterparty - Underwater cleaning "always at Charterers' time and expense" - Whether charterers required to pay at on-hire rates for cleaning after expiry of charterparty

This was an appeal on a point of law under section 69 of the Arbitration Act 1996 against a final partial arbitration award given in October 2022. The dispute arose under a charter of a bulk carrier, MV Globe Danae by the owners, Langlois, to the charterers Smart Gain.