在全球疫情引发的经济衰退的大环境下，航运市场之前也伴随着租金下跌，会员对此应该记忆犹新。在这种环境下，租家就会试图脱离合同条款提前还船，以另寻更有利可图的交易。但是，这样必然带来更高的诉讼风险和随之而来的抗辩费用。
首先，我们要着重考虑租家在约定的最短租期结束前还船时需要承担的责任。其次，我们要解决按照租约下严苛的还船通知要求时的一个常见陷阱，这与合理期限内的提前还船互相冲突。
详细信息请参阅附件。
Early Redelivery Under the CP
We know that our chartering clients are only too aware that the shipping market was rife with falling hire rates and oil prices under the global pandemic-triggered recession. In this highly pressured environment it is tempting for charterers in certain circumstances to want to redeliver vessels early, outside of contractual terms, in order take advantage of more profitable trade elsewhere. However, depending on how this is approached, there can be great litigation risk and attendant defense costs.
First, we share important considerations on determining the liability at stake when it comes to charterers’ deliberate redelivery ahead of the agreed minimum charter duration. Second, we address one of the common pitfalls made in compliance with strict redelivery notification requirements under the charter’s terms which collides with otherwise reasonably timely redelivery.
Please see attached file for details.
