A recent judgement in the English Commercial Court has brought clarity to whether a shipowner, faced with a cargo damage claim, following delay by the charterer to discharge the vessel within laytime, can recover those losses from the charterer.
The case, The Eternal Bliss [2020] EWHC 2373 (Comm), before Mr Justice Baker concerned a voyage charter of 70,133MT of soybeans on Norgrain terms and loaded in Brazil for discharge in China. After the vessel arrived in China, she waited at the anchorage for 31 days due to congestion and lack of storage ashore. Upon discharge it was found that some of the cargo was damaged with mould and caking. Owners settled the cargo interests’ claim for USD 1.1 million and then sought to recover those losses from charterers in arbitration, however, a preliminary point of law was referred to the Commercial Court.
See attached file: Claiming Damages In Addition to Demurrage Following Delay.pdf
除了延误后滞期以外的其他损害赔偿
英国商业法庭最近的一项判决阐明，船东在面对由于租家的延误，导致未在装卸时间内卸货的货物被提起损害索赔时，船东能否向租家追偿这些损失。
该案名为“The Eternal Bliss [2020] EWHC 2373 (Comm)”，Baker法官要面对的争议涉及一份航次租约，租约以北美谷物航次租船条款订立，合同约定70133公吨的大豆按在巴西装货在中国卸货。该轮抵达中国后，由于港口拥挤和岸上仓储不足，在该锚地停泊了31天。卸货时，发现部分货物有霉菌和结块的货损。船东就货损向货方赔付了110万美元，并之后想在仲裁中向租家追偿这些损失，然而，初步的法律问题被提交给了商业法庭。
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