On 2 April 2009 Progress Bulk Carriers, as owners, concluded a charter of the vessel Cenk Kaptanoglu (“Cenk K”) to Tube City, as charterers, for carriage, on that named vessel, of a cargo of shredded scrap from the Mississippi River to China. The charter did not give any right to substitute the vessel.
On 10 January 2008 Seearland Shipping Management, as disponent owners of the vessel Elisewin, chartered her to Standard Tankers on the ExxonMobil Tanker Voyage Charterparty 2005 form for the carriage of 130,000 cubic metres of crude oil and/or condensate from 1 or 2 safe port(s) West Africa (Nigeria-Angola Range) for loading, with discharging at 1 or 2 safe ports/places US Gulf, including STS/Lightering and/or Loop, including the Bahamas, but excluding Florida.
Charterparty – Bunkers on redelivery – Shelltime 4 form – Meaning of words “price actually paid” in clause 15
On 8 November 2011 judgment was given as to the true construction of clause 1(b) and (2) of CONWARTIME 1993.
The vessel was chartered on an amended Baltime 1939 form for a period of six months plus or minus 15 days in charterers’ option. For her first voyage, the charterers had sub-chartered the vessel for the carriage of a cargo of bagged cement from Antalya, Turkey, to Matadi in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
The vessel Genius Star 1 was chartered by the claimant owners to Orient Shipping (“the head charterers”) on an amended NYPE 1946 form.
The vessel, a VLCC, was chartered for a voyage which included discharging at Caofeidian, China. Freight was to be payable at the rate of WS160.
By a time charter dated 21 November 2005 on an amended Shelltime 3 form with additional clauses and with Gas Form C, the defendant owners chartered the vessel Gaz Energy to head charterers for a period of 18 months.
The vessel was time chartered by her registered owners (“the owners”) to C1, who in turn sub-chartered her to C2, who in turn sub-sub-chartered her to C3 (“the charterers”) for a trip.
On 11 December 2007 the parties entered into a bareboat charterparty of the vessel Mahakam for 60 months at a daily rate of US$38,500.
