Provided that charterparties are on back to back terms, and the claim is successful, liability for costs incurred should be able to be passed down a charterparty chain. A technical issue will not be allowed to prevent such liability for costs being passed down a charterparty chain. This is illustrated by the recent case outlined below: Occidental Chartering INC. V Progress Bulk Carrier Ltd (2012) EWHC3515.
This case involved a chain of charterparties.
- Precious Garnets Ltd (PG), Head Owners time chartered the MV Chada Naree to the Disponent Owners Occidental Services Corporation (OSC).
- OSC did not enter into a charterparty but instead re-let the vessel to a company within its corporation known as Occidental Chartering Inc (OCI).
- OCI time-chartered this vessel onto Progress Bulk Carriers (PBC).
- PBC in turn, sub-chartered this vessel onto CNAN.
See attached file: Costs Liability passing down a Charterparty Chain.pdf
法律费用责任在租约链上的传递
在租约条款是背对背，并且索赔成功的情况下，所发生的费用责任应该可以在租约链上传递。法律上的问题不能阻止租约链中此类费用责任的传递。Occidental Chartering INC. V Progress Bulk Carrier Ltd (2012) EWHC3515 案阐明了这个观点。
本案涉及的租约链：
- “Chada Naree”轮的原船东Precious Garnets Ltd (PG)将船舶期租给了二船东Occidental Services Corporation (OSC)
- OSC将船舶转租给了其集团内部的另一家公司Occidental Chartering Inc (OCI)，但没有订立租约。
- OCI将船舶期租给Progress Bulk Carriers (PBC)
- PBC又将船舶转租给CNAN
详细信息请参阅附件。
