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МАСТЕР‐КЛАСС

“LAYTIME AND DEMURRAGE”LAYTIME AND DEMURRAGE

Практика морского бизнеса: делимся опытом Одесса, 28‐29 мая 2009 г.

МАСТЕР КЛАССМАСТЕР‐КЛАСС “LAYTIME AND DEMURRAGE”

Николай Мельников, партнер, р рНаталья Мирошниченко, юрист

«Ответственность экспедиторов в Украине» Одесса, 16 декабря 2008Практика морского бизнеса: делимся опытом Одесса, 28‐29 мая 2009 г.

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CASE No.1 “CUSTOMS OF THE PORT”

VESSELRo ro type

CARGOVehiclesRo‐ro type

CHARTER PARTY

Vehicles

Gencon 1994

One port of loading / One port of discharging

Laytime ‐ 60 total running hours SSHINC

Demurrage – 6000 USD per day pro rata

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SPECIAL NOTE

NEXT VOYAGE

Same port of discharge

Loading of 457.00 mt of vehicles under another Charter Party Loading of 457.00 mt of vehicles under another Charter Party

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CALCULATION OF LAYTIME AND DEMMURAGE Port Day Date Time

fromTime to Time counted Comments Days

hours minutes

Port of loading NOR tendered Sun Mar 30 04:00LaytimePort of Laytime

commenced Sun Mar 30 13:00 16.55 3 55Sun Mar 30 16:55 19:00 0 00 Vessel proceeded from roads to berthSun Mar 30 19:00 24:00 5 00

Laytime stopped Mon Mar 31 0:00 3:10 3 10 Loading completedT t l t 12 05 0 days 12 hours 05 minutes 0 504

0 days 12 hours 05 minutesPort ofloading

Total per port: 12 05 0 days 12 hours 05 minutes 0.504

Port of discharging NOR tendered Wed Apr 02 16:35

Laytime commenced Thur Apr 03 6:00 24.00 18 00

F i A 04 0 00 24 00 24 00Apr02 16:35Apr03 00:00Apr04 00:00Apr05 05:55

Port ofdischarging

Fri Apr 04 0:00 24.00 24 00Sat Apr 05 0:00 5:55 5 55Total per port: 47 55 1 day 23 hours 55 minutes 1.996

Total time used: 60 00 2 days 12 hours 0 minutes 2.5once on demurrage always on

demurrage

Apr06 00:00Apr07 00:00

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Sat Apr 05 5:55 24:00 18 05demurrage

Sun Apr 06 0:00 24.00 24 00Mon Apr 07 0:00 24.00 24 00Tue Apr 08 0:00 24.00 24 00

Laytime stopped Wed Apr 09 0:00 9:05 9 05 Discharging completed

pApr08 00:00Apr09 00:30Laytime stopped Wed Apr 09 0:00 9:05 9 05 Discharging completed

Demurrage per port:99 10

Total demurrage:99 10 4 days 3 hours 10 minutes 4,132

pApr09 09:05

$24 792 004 d 3 h 10 i tTotal amount due:$24,792.00$24,792.004 days 3 hours 10 minutes

ARTERER’S POSITION

NO DEMURRAGE!

VESSEL WAS NOT BERTHED

“DUE TO INTERESTS OF THE OWNERS AS REGARDS NEXT LOADING”

RT’S POSITION

LETTERVESSEL WAS NOT BERTHED

“AS SHIPPING ORDERS FOR NEXT VOYAGE LOADING WERE NOT ISSUED TO THE PORT”

NER’S POSITION

DEMURRAGE TO BE PAID! VESSEL WAS NOT BERTHED

AS SHIPPING ORDERS FOR DISCHARGING WERE NOT ISSUED TO THE PORT

DE OF THE CUSTOMS OF THE PORT

«In case the Port did not receive the forwarder’s (cargoner’s) order to load cargo in the ship or the documents toner s) order to load cargo in the ship or the documents tocharge cargo from the ship before the master gives a notice ofadiness to loading or discharging,g g ge Port is entitled to endorse the notice accordingly ande time spent for waiting for said documents will beded to the lay time and charged to the cargo owner’s ore charterer’s account.»

TTLEMENT AGREEMENT

20000$20000$TO THE OWNERSTO THE OWNERS

SE No.2 «A LOT OF PROBLEMS»

CHARTER PARTY

G 1994Gencon 1994

One port of loading / Three ports of discharging

Laytime ‐ 6 total weather working days: loading port – SSHEX EIU,

discharging ports – FHEX EIUdischarging ports FHEX EIU.

Demurrage – 9.000 USD per day per rate

OBLEM No 1FTING OF THE VESSEL

F in the port of loading:

OBLEM No.1

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hifting of the vessel on line 50 m 1 HOURhifting of the vessel on line 50 m 1 HOUR

hifting by pilot and two tugs 2 HOURS

hifting by pilot and two tugs 2 HOURS

5 HOURS5 HOURSTO COUNT OR NOT?

FTING OF THE VESSEL

OBLEM No 1

CHARTER PARTY

OBLEM No.1

1 sea birth AAAA ( l fl l ibl )(always afloat always accessible)

All shifting from berth to berthAll shifting from berth to berth hould be for the Charterers time and expenses

IFTING/SEGREGATION OF CARGO

OBLEM No 2CHARTER PARTY

e to a e la to be i e to Cha te e befo e a i al to loadi o t

OBLEM No.2

e‐stowage plan to be given to Charterers before arrival to loading port.

FACTS:

. No pre‐stowage plan was drawn up due to absence of full description of cargo from the Charterers;

. Сargo loaded on board had neither marking nor clear indications about port of discharge.

MASTER

ave authorization to the Agent to sign clean Bill of Lading


OBLEM No 2OBLEM No.2

F in the port of discharging:p g g

ifting/segregation of cargo 3,5 HOURS

ifting/segregation of cargo 2,5 HOURS

6 HOURS6 HOURSt’s comment: “Bad stowage at loading port and Tripoli cargo found

mixed with other port cargo which cost delay for discharging”.

TO COUNT OR NOT…

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TO COUNT ?


OBLEM No 2

Genkon 1994 (clause 5)OBLEM No.2

the cargo shall be brought into the holds, loaded,towed and/or trimmed, tallied, lashed and/or securedd k f h h ld d di h d b hnd taken from the holds and discharged by the

Charterers,e of any risk liability and expense whatsoever to thee of any risk, liability and expense whatsoever to theOwners.”

Any delay connected with cargo shifting/segregationdue to bad stowage is not the Owners’ liability and to

OBLEM No 3THING OF THE VESSEL

F in the port of discharging (Agent’s comment):

OBLEM No.3

he available pier was free with a distance ‐ 175m175m175mhe available pier was free with a distance 175m, ut pilot refused to berth the vessel due to noperative bow thrusters

175m175m

noperative bow thrusters.

essel’s length is 161.37161.37 mm, ramp length is 18.2518.25 mm, total 179.62 m179.62 m179.62 m

OBLEM No 3THING OF THE VESSEL

OBLEM No.3

FACTS:

Due to insufficient place for berthing the Vessel was berthed only 4 days later upon arrival;

Port State Control inspection of the Vessel upon berthing did not find any deficiencies in engines or other vessel’s mechanismsother vessel s mechanisms.

Delay in vessel’s berthing is not the Owners fault as not sed by technical problems of the Vessel

SE No.3 «VALID NOTICE OF READINESS»

CHARTER PARTY

Loading in the port of Nikolaev

NOR to be tendered upon arrival

WHERE NOR TO BE TENDERED FROM?


Wh th NOR t d d t Y h Pil t St tiWhether NOR tendered at Yuzhny Pilot Station is

VALID OR NOT

for the purposes of Nikolaev port?


ISSUES TO BE PROVED:

1. Yuzhny pilot Station is within Nikolaev port;

2 Yuzhny is the usual and mandatory waiting place for2. Yuzhny is the usual and mandatory waiting place forships calling at Nikolaev port,

d/and/or

3. NOR for ships bound to Nikolaev port can be validlyt d d t Y h il t t titendered at Yuzhny pilot station.


Yuzhny pilot station is actually situated in the

FACTS THAT WERE PROVED:

y p yEastern roads of Nikolaev port.

It is within the geographical area of Nikolaev port.g g p p

Pilotage to the ports of Nikolaev area is compulsoryfor foreign vessels.

and

Pilots embark and disembark at the approach toPilots embark and disembark at the approach totheouter roads of Yuzhny.

SE No.4 «GOOD DEMURRAGE»

CHARTER PARTY

G 1994Gencon 1994

One port of loading / One port of discharging

Laytime – 6 total weather working days SSHEX EIU.

Demurrage – 5 000 USD per day per rateDemurrage 5.000 USD per day per rate



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NO CHARTERERS –

NO DEMURRAGE !!!NO DEMURRAGE !!!

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