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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…

In one case the owner Member sought to recover substantial damages for wrongful termination of a charterparty. The tribunal issued a unanimous award and found that the charterer was in breach by its…

An owner Member pursued a claim for approximately $1.3 million for the consequence of improper remedial work to a ship’s main engine. ICC arbitration was brought against the engine maintenance…

The SALDANHA was chartered on a standard NYPE charter. The off-hire clause read: “...that in the event of the loss of time from default and/or deficiency of men including strike of Officers and/or…

THE ASSOCIATION’S CALL FOR THE YEAR 20TH FEBRUARY, 2012/13 At their meeting on 10th November, 2011 the Directors considered the Association’s premium requirements for the 2012/13 policy year. The…