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TRANSPORT SHIPPING TRADE. Project Cargo shipments: tips from legal advisor Natalia Myroshnychenko, Interlegal. Pre-shipment. Cancellation of shipment. Owners. Charterers. Gencon /Booking Note. Grounds for cancellation. Charterers’ cancellation: Non-readiness of cargo
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TRANSPORT SHIPPING TRADE Project Cargo shipments: tips from legal advisor Natalia Myroshnychenko, Interlegal
Pre-shipment Cancellation of shipment
Owners Charterers Gencon/Booking Note
Grounds for cancellation • Charterers’ cancellation: • Non-readiness of cargo • Financial problems of Cargo Buyers • Owners’ cancellation: • Vessel’s delay for laycan • Impossibility to take another part cargo
We hope you understand charterer’s current situation and forgive us for causing trouble for this contract. Charterers:
Notice of cancellation • Grounds • Cancelling clause • Jurisdiction Cancelling Party
Counterparty to Cancelling Party • Immediate short claim • Statement of contract breach • Declaration of damages • Grounds for recovery • Jurisdiction
Voyage Late delivery
? Shipowner Charterer
Charterers’ position Owners’ failure to prosecute the voyage with due dispatch Breach of delivery term Owners’ position Justifiable deviation
English case law justifiable deviation – voyage charter • to effect repairs to the ship (see Kish v. Taylor [1912]) • to avoid capture or confiscation (see the Teutonia [1872]) • to save life or property (see Monarch v. Stamp [1880]) • to load full cargo (see Wallems v. Muller [1972])
Registered Owners Time Charter Time Charterer Charterer Voyage Charter
DELIVERY TERM CLAUSE/AGREEMENT • Agreed port rotation • Fixed transit time • ‘First out’ basis • Penaltiesclause
Post - voyage Dispute
Arbitration in London without any reference to the number of arbitrators One arbitrator only No express mechanism for the appointment of the arbitrator
English Law, Arbitration in London, the reference to three arbitrators in accordance with the LMAA Terms
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