全新判例Trans Trade RK V Sebat Shipping and Trading Company [The Sebat] [2026] EWHC 950 (Comm)案明确指出：如果船长递交了一份无效的准备就绪通知书（”NOR”），船东不得仅凭承租人未提出异议，主张滞期费索赔成立。在本案之后，船东若主张无效 NOR 应产生效力，必须证明承租人知晓该NOR无效，且此后承租人选择放弃了对其无效性的抗辩。否则，即使货物作业已经开始，装卸时间也不会起算。
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Commencement of Cargo operations will not cure invalid NOR! – New case should be noted by all urgently
In a very new case, Trans Trade RK V Sebat Shipping and Trading Company [The Sebat] [2026] EWHC 950 (Comm), now clearly points that if a Master tenders an invalid Notice of Readiness (“NOR”), the Owners cannot rely on silence of the Charterers to save their demurrage claim. After this case, the Owners must now prove that the Charterers knew that it was invalid NOR and thereafter the Charterers elected to waive its invalidity. Consequently, the laytime will not commence even if the cargo operations commence.
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