2.1 The persons whose names are inserted in the appropriate boxes or places in the charterparty or fixture recap are those who, as principals,1 assume the rights and obligations of, respectively, owners and charterers under the contract embodied in the charterparty. As Megaw L.J. said in The Virgo,2 this is the place where one would normally expect to find the parties to the charterparty contract defined. The fact that most modern fixtures are concluded by email (and frequently never embodied in a signed charterparty) does not alter the force of this observation since email fixtures will designate the parties and the intended pro form charterparty. There are, however, several reasons why the designation of a person as “owners” or “charterers” in such boxes in the charter is not necessarily conclusive of the question of who are the contracting parties. First, it may be clear from the other terms of the charter, or from the manner in which it is signed (or the email is signed), that some other person is intended to be a party, either in addition to, or instead of,3 the person designated. Second, the principal of the person who enters into the charter can normally sue and be sued upon it as a contracting party, whether or not the name or even the existence of the principal has been disclosed to the other party;4