Voyage Charters
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Chapter 42
Hoses – Mooring at Sea Terminals
| 11. HOSES: MOORING AT SEA TERMINALS. Hoses for loading and discharging shall be furnished by the Charterer and shall be connected and disconnected by the Charterer, or, at the option of the Owner, by the Owner at the Charterer’s risk and expense. Laytime shall continue until the hoses have been disconnected. When Vessel loads or discharges at a sea terminal, the Vessel shall be properly equipped at Owner’s expense for loading or discharging at such place, including suitable ground tackle, mooring lines and equipment for handling submarine hoses. |
Hoses
42.1 The clause supplements the provisions of clause 10, and makes it clear that leakages from the hoses connecting ship and shore pipes, or from the hose connections, are not the responsibility of the owner. By providing that time runs until hoses have been disconnected the clause avoids arguments that time should cease running as soon as cargo movement is complete, or that it should continue until documents are presented.1 Most voyage charters for liquid cargoes contain express provision on this question, but in the absence of any such provision time will cease to run when cargo movement into or out of the vessel has ceased, and (on loading) the cargo is in a state in which it can be carried. Cargo movement will not necessarily cease simultaneously with the cessation of pumping, and if, on loading, the cargo hoses drain into the vessel, time will continue until the draining of the hoses is complete.2