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A charterer declared a ship off hire alleging that the ship's condition rendered her unseaworthy and that the ship had been rejected by cargo interests. The Club appointed an independent surveyor to…

A cruise ship owner contracted with a shipyard to perform a major conversion project on the ship. However, the early stages of the project ran behind time and in order to minimise disputation to it…

The demise of the OW Bunker group of companies in November, 2014, provoked litigation worldwide. In this industry leading case the Club supported the owner of the RES COGITANS in its efforts to avoid…

In this case the sub-charterer of the ship argued that the requirement for a disponent owner to seek permission from a head owner to transit the Gulf of Aden evinced an intention not to perform its…

Following a major collision in 2009 the Member declared the ship to be a constructive total loss (“CTL”) and terminated its charter with Bunge. Bunge disputed that the ship was a CTL and challenged…

The Member entered in to shipbuilding contracts with a yard and paid several instalments of the contract price. The yard had established bank refund guarantees in respect of those payments, in the…

The English High Court considered whether the NYPE off-hire clause applied when a ship was detained by pirates. The charterer had placed the ship off hire for the duration of the detention, but…

The Court of Appeal considered the owner’s claim for demurrage under an amended Shellvoy 5 charter with Shell additional clauses. A dispute arose because the ship was not granted free pratique within…

Following loading at Yokohama the charterer instructed the ship to proceed to Shanghai. Meanwhile the ship sustained damage after colliding with a breakwater in and proceeded to Hong Kong to…

An owner Member ordered a series of  ten ships from a Chinese shipyard in 2007. As building of the ships progressed, several issues arose with the quality of construction. A number of disputes…