ABSTRACT

This book consists of edited versions of the papers delivered at the Institute of International Shipping and Trade Law’s 12th International Colloquium at Swansea Law School in September 2016. Featuring a team of contributors at the top of their profession, both in practice and academia, these papers have been carefully co-ordinated so as to ensure to give the reader a first class insight into the issues surrounding charterparties.

The book is set out in three parts.

-Part I offers a detailed and critical analysis of issues of contemporary importance concerning time charters.

-Part 2 carries out a similar analysis with regard to voyage charterparties.

-Part 3 deliberates issues common to both type of charterparties.

Offering critical analysis of contemporary legal issues on charterparty contracts, this book considers recent legal and practical developments and is therefore essential reading for both professional and academic readers with an interest in charterparties.

part 1|136 pages

Issues Concerning Time Charterparties

chapter 1|30 pages

‘Interrupting the lifeblood’

The Owner’s remedies for non-payment of hire after Spar Shipping

chapter 2|14 pages

Off-hire clauses

Recent developments

chapter 3|12 pages

Of terrorists, pirates, foul weather and other perils to international trade

The commercial allocation of risk under time charters, with particular reference to issues of maritime security

chapter 4|7 pages

Bunkers and charterparties

chapter 6|12 pages

Damages for underlap in time charters

Three subversive suggestions

part 2|100 pages

Issues Concerning Voyage Charterparties

part 3|68 pages

Issues common to both charterparties