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Passengers provision
  • 13 Aug 2013

    ATLANTIC WIND SHIPPING LLC v. ZHOUSHAN XINZHOU OCEAN FISHERY CO LTD

    Citation
    ATLANTIC WIND SHIPPING LLC v. ZHOUSHAN XINZHOU OCEAN FISHERY CO LTD
    Court
    Court of First Instance
    Case number
    HCAJ166/2011

    With no defence or contradictory evidence, the court accepted the plaintiff’s affirmation evidence, applied established principle that demurrage accrues continuously after laytime is exceeded, calculated and awarded demurrage and passengers provision in the detailed amounts set out in the affirmations, allowed interest at 1% above US$ prime (4.25% to 22 July 2013) from the dates sums fell due, and allowed costs on summary assessment in the reduced sum of $195,000.