Voyage Charters

Widely regarded as the leading authority on voyage charters, this book is the most comprehensive and intellectually-rigorous analysis of the area, is regularly cited in court, and is the go-to guide for drafting and disputing charterparty contracts.

Voyage Charters provides the reader with a clause-by-clause analysis of the two major charterparty forms: the Gencon standard charterparty contract and the Asbantankvoy form. It also delivers thorough treatment of the Hague and Hague-Visby Rules, a comparative analysis of English and American law, and a detailed section on arbitration awards.

Key features of the fourth edition:-

1. The only textbook to deal specifically with this key area of maritime law
2. Written by an impressive team of highly-regarded maritime authorities from both sides of the Atlantic
3. Contains a wealth of updated English and American case law and arbitrations, as well as addressing broader issues such as Rome II Regulation Convention regarding the conflict of laws
4. Practical user-friendly guide, which is accessible not only to lawyers but also shipping professionals

This book is an indispensable, practical guide for both contentious and non-contentious shipping law practitioners, and postgraduate students studying this area of law.

Section 1: General Principles and Gencon Charter
1. Formation and Terms of the Charter
2. Parties to the Charter
3. Description of the Ship
4. Proceeding to the Loading Port
5. Loading and Discharging Ports, Places and Berths
6. The Cargo
7. Charterers' Obligations to Provide Cargo
8. Dunnage
9. Proceeding on the Cargo Voyage
10. Delivery
11. Owners' Responsibility Clause
12. Deviation and Delay
13. Freight
14. Loading and Discharging
15. Laytime
16. Demurrage
17. Liens
18. Bills of Lading
19. Cancelling Clause
20. General Average
21. Damages for Breach of the Charter
22. Frustration of the Charter
23. Agency
24. Brokerage
25. General Strike Clause
26. War Risks (VOYWAR 1950)
27. General Ice Clause

Section 2: Gencon Charter 1994 28. Clause 1
29. Owners' Responsibility Clause
30. Deviation Clause
31. Payment of Freight
32. Loading/Discharging
33. Laytime
34. Demurrage
35. Lien Clause
36. Cancelling Clause
37. Bills of Lading
38. Both-to-Blame Collision Clause
39. General Average and New Jason Clause
40. Taxes and Dues Clause
41. Agency
42. Brokerage
43. General Strike Clause
44. War Risks (VOYWAR 1993)
45. General Ice Clause
46. Law and Arbitration

Section 3: Asbatankvoy Charter
47. Preamble
48.

Part 1: Description and Position of Vessel
49. The Voyage
50. Freight, Demurrage, Commission
51. General Average and Arbitration/TOVALOP/Special Provisions
52.

Part 2: Warranty- Voyage-Cargo
53. Freight
54. Deadfreight
55. Nomination of Loading and Discharging Ports
56. Laydays- Cancelling
57. Commencement and Calculation of Laytime
58. Demurrage
59. Safe Berthing- Shifting
60. Pumping In and Out
61. Hoses-Mooring at Sea Terminals
62. Dues-Taxes-Wharfage
63. Excluded Cargoes- Vapour Pressure
64. Ice
65. Two or More Ports Counting as One
66. General Cargo
67. Quarantine and Fumigation
68. Cleaning
69. General Exceptions Clause
70. Issuance of Bills of Lading
71. Terms of Bill Lading
72. Clause Paramount and Cargo Claims
73. Jason Clause
74. General Average
75. Collision Clause
76. Limitation of Liability
77. War Risks
78. Deviation
79. Lien
80. Agents
81. Breach
82. Arbitration
83. Sublet
84. Oil Pollution

Section 4: The Hague and Hague-Visby Rules
85. The Hague and Hague-Visby Rules