Progress Bulk Carriers Ltd v Tube City IMS LLC (The “Cenk Kaptanoglu”) – QBD (Com Ct)(Cooke J) – 17 February 2012

Charterparty – Duress – Owners repudiating voyage charterparty by chartering named vessel to different party – Charterers entering into settlement agreement with owners under protest to accept substitute vessel with different laycan and to waive all claims for loss and damage – Whether settlement agreement voidable for economic duress – Whether owners’ conduct amounted to illegitimate pressure

(2012) 843 LMLN 2

Charterparty, Hire Rate/Payment

Parbulk II A/S v Heritage Maritime Ltd SA (The “Mahakam”) – QBD (Com Ct)(Eder J) – 8 November 2011

Charterparty – Termination – Owners terminating bareboat charter for charterers’ failure to pay instalments of hire – Whether owners waived right to terminate by making subsequent demands for payment of hire – Whether charter validly terminated

(2011) 835 LMLN 2

Hire Rate/Payment

Glory Wealth Shipping Pte Ltd v Korea Line Corporation (The "Wren") - QBD (Com Ct)(Blair J) - 14 July 2011

Charterparty - Damages - Time charter - Charterers wrongfully redelivering vessel early - Measure of damages - No available long-term charter market at date of termination - Relevance of later emergence of available long-term charter market

(2011) 827 LMLN 1

Hire Rate/Payment, Damages

London Arbitration 5/11

Charterparty - Vessel not thoroughly cleaned and dried on delivery to charterers - Delay in berthing vessel at loading port - Whether owners entitled to hire during period of delay - Whether owners in breach of charter - Whether vessel off-hire

(2011) 826 LMLN 3

Off-hire, Hire Rate/Payment, Charter Interpretation

London Arbitration 15/10

The vessel was time-chartered on the NYPE form.

London Arbitration 10/10

The vessel was chartered on the Baltime form for a period of 24 months, plus or minus 30 days in the charterers’ option.

ENE Kos v Petroleo Brasileiro SA (“The Kos”) – Court of Appeal (Longmore and Smith LJJ and Sir Mark Waller) – 6 July 2010

The VLCC Kos was chartered on the Shelltime 3 form for 36 months (plus or minus 15 days at charterers’ option).

Owneast Shipping Ltd v Qatar Navigation QSC (“The Qatar Star”) – QBD (Com Ct) (Christopher Clarke J) – 7 July 2010

The issue in this appeal was whether the owners of the vessel Qatar Star had wrongfully withdrawn her from the service of the charterers for non-payment of hire.

London Arbitration 6/10

A number of disputes arising under a sub-charter were referred to arbitration.

The “Catur Samudra” – High Court of Singapore (Steven Chong JC) – 15 January 2010

The plaintiff was the registered owner of the vessel Mahakam .

APC Marine Pty Ltd v The Ship “APC Aussie 1” – Federal Court of Australia (Ryan J) – 6 July 2009

The vessel was chartered under a modified version of the Barecon 2001 charter.

ENE Kos v Petroleo Brasileiro SA (“The Kos”) – QBD (Com Ct) (Andrew Smith J) – 23 July 2009

The VLCC Kos was chartered on the Shelltime 3 form for 36 months (plus or minus 15 days at charterers’ option).

Lansat Shipping Co Ltd v Glencore Grain BV (The “Paragon”) – QBD (Com Ct) (Blair J) – 25 March 2009

On 23 November 2006 the owners chartered their vessel Paragon on the NYPE form “for about minimum 3 to about 5 months (about means +/- 15 days)”.

London Arbitration 7/08

The vessel was chartered on the Beepeevoy 3 Form as amended for a voyage from 1/2 west African ports, Nigeria/Angola range to, amongst other discharging options, 1/2 safe ports European Mediterranean not east of but including Greece, in geographical rotation west to east.