SBT Star Bulk & Tankers (Germany) GmbH & Co KG v Cosmotrade SA
The charterers were entitled to order the vessel to load further cargo at Sohar because the charter did not contain sufficiently clear words to restrict loading to a single port or range; the vessel was to be employed as the charterers directed within the trading limits and contractual route.
- Parties
- Claimant/owner: SBT Star Bulk & Tankers (Germany) GmbH & Co KG; Respondent/charterer: Cosmotrade SA
- Jurisdiction
- England and Wales
- Judgment Date
- 22 March 2016
- Procedural Posture
- Arbitration Appeal / Judgment on Appeal From Arbitral Award
- Outcome
- Appeal dismissed
- Legal Topics
- Time Charter Trip, Charterparty Construction, Vessel Employment Rights
Case Brief
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Parties
SBT Star Bulk & Tankers (Germany) GmbH & Co KG
Claimant/owner
Cosmotrade SA
Respondent/charterer
Procedural Posture
Arbitration Appeal / Judgment on Appeal From Arbitral Award
Legal Issues
- 1 Whether under the terms of a one time charter trip, the charterer was entitled to order the vessel to load further cargo at Sohar after discharging all previous cargo, or was only entitled to order the vessel to proceed to the agreed redelivery place.
Ratio Decidendi
The charterers were entitled to order the vessel to load further cargo at Sohar because the charter did not contain sufficiently clear words to restrict loading to a single port or range; the vessel was to be employed as the charterers directed within the trading limits and contractual route.
Court Disposition
Appeal dismissed
Orders
- Charterers entitled to costs of the appeal, subject to further submissions.
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