Voyage Charters
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Chapter 46
Two or More Ports Counting as One
| 15. TWO OR MORE PORTS COUNTING AS ONE. To the extent that the freight rate standard of reference specified in Part IF hereof provides for special groupings or combinations of ports or terminals, any two or more ports or terminals within each such grouping or combination shall count as one port for purposes of calculating freight and demurrage only, subject to the following conditions: |
| (a) Charterer shall pay freight at the highest rate payable under Part IF hereof for a voyage between the loading and discharge ports used by Charterer. |
| (b) All charges normally incurred by reason of using more than one berth shall be for Charterer’s account as provided in Clause 9 hereof. |
| (c) Time consumed shifting between the ports or terminals within the particular grouping or combination shall not count as used laytime. |
| (d) Time consumed shifting between berths within one of the ports or terminals of the particular grouping or combination shall count as used laytime. |
“Freight rate standard of reference”
46.1 The parties may agree upon their own rate of freight, but the usual practice, especially when there are a large number of loading and discharging port options, is to adopt a freight rate standard of reference, such as Worldscale which is referable to voyages between designated ports of the “standard vessel” of 75,000 mt dwt and is recalculated annually.