| 17 General Ice Clause |
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| Port of loading |
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| (a) In the event of the loading port being inaccessible by reason of |
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| ice when vessel is ready to proceed from her last port or at any |
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| time during the voyage or on vessel’s arrival or in case frost sets |
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| in after vessel’s arrival, the Captain for fear of being frozen in is |
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| at liberty to leave without cargo, and this Charter shall be null and |
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| void. |
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| (b) If during loading, the Captain, for fear of vessel being frozen in |
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| deems it advisable to leave, he has liberty to do so with what cargo |
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| he has on board and to proceed to any other port or ports with |
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| option of completing cargo for Owners’ benefit for any port or ports |
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| including port of discharge. Any part cargo thus loaded under this |
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| Charter to be forwarded to destination at vessel’s expense but |
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| against payment of freight, provided that no extra expenses be |
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| thereby caused to the Receivers, freight being paid on quantity |
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| delivered (in proportion if lumpsum), all other conditions as per |
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| Charter. |
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| (c) In case of more than one loading port, and if one or more of |
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| the ports are closed by ice, the Captain or Owners to be at liberty |
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| either to load the part cargo at the open port and fill up elsewhere |
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| for their own account as under section (b) or to declare the Charter |
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| null and void unless Charterers agree to load full cargo at the open |
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| port. |
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| (d) This Ice Clause not to apply in the Spring. |
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| Port of discharge |
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| (a) Should ice (except in the Spring) prevent vessel from reaching |
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| port of discharge Receivers shall have the option of keeping vessel |
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| waiting until the re-opening of navigation and paying demurrage, or |
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| of ordering the vessel to a safe and immediately accessible port |
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| where she can safely discharge without risk of detention by ice. |
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| Such orders to be given within 48 hours after Captain or Owners |
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| have given notice to Charterers of the impossibility of reaching port |
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| of destination. |
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| (b) If during discharging, the Captain, for fear of vessel being frozen |
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| in, deems it advisable to leave, he has liberty to do so with what |
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| cargo he has on board and to proceed to the nearest accessible |
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| port where she can safely discharge. |
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| (c) On delivery of the cargo at such port, all conditions of the |
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| Bill of Lading shall apply and vessel shall receive the same freight |
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| as if she had discharged at the original port of destination, except |
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| that if the distance of the substituted port exceeds 100 nautical |
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| miles, the freight on the cargo delivered at the substituted port to |
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| be increased in proportion. |
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