ABSTRACT
Requirement of all voyage charters that the ship must have arrived before notice of readiness can be given and hence laytime can commence. Where a berth or dock has been nominated by the charterer, the ship must have arrived at that berth or dock. When a port is nominated, the ship must have arrived at the port, although various legal decisions have defined a port differently in this context in cases where there is no berth available and the ship is obliged to wait.
