Formation and terms of the charter -- Parties to the charter -- Description of the ship -- Proceeding to the loading port -- Loading and discharging ports, places and berths -- The cargo -- Charterers' obligation to provide cargo -- Dunnage -- Proceeding on the cargo voyage -- Delivery -- Owners' responsibility clause -- Deviation and delay -- Freight -- Loading and discharging -- Laytime -- Demurrage -- Liens -- Bills of lading -- Cancelling clause -- General average -- Remedies for breach of the charter -- Frustration of the charter -- Agency -- Brokerage -- General strike clause -- War risks ("voywar 1950") -- General ice clause -- Clause 1 -- Owners' responsibility clause -- Deviation clause -- Payment of freight -- Loading/discharging -- Laytime -- Demurrage -- Lien clause -- Cancelling clause -- Bills of lading -- Both-to-blame collision clause. General average and new jason clause -- Taxes and dues clause -- Agency -- Brokerage -- General strike clause -- War risks ("Voywar 1993") -- General ice clause -- Law and arbitration -- Preamble -- Part I: Description and position of vessel -- The voyage -- Freight, demurrage, commission -- General average and arbitration/tovalop/special provisions -- Part II : warranty -- voyage -- cargo -- Freight -- Deadfreight -- Nomination of loading and discharging ports -- Laydays cancelling -- Commencement and calculation of laytime -- Demurrage -- Safe berthing -- shifting -- Pumping in and out -- Hoses -- mooring at sea terminals -- Dues -- taxes -- wharfage -- Excluded cargoes -- vapour pressure -- Ice -- Two or more ports counting as one -- General cargo -- Quarantine and fumigation -- Cleaning -- General exceptions clause -- Issuance of bills of lading -- Terms of bill of lading -- Clause paramount and cargo claims -- Jason clause -- General average -- Collision clause -- Limitation of liability -- War risks -- Deviation -- Lien -- Agents -- Breach -- Arbitration -- Sublet -- Oil pollution -- The Hague and Hague-Visby rules.
Summary:
"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:The only textbook to deal specifically with this key area of maritime lawWritten by an impressive team of highly-regarded maritime authorities from both sides of the Atlantic 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 lawsPractical user-friendly guide, which is accessible not only to lawyers but also shipping professionalsThis book is an indispensable, practical guide for both contentious and non-contentious shipping law practitioners, and postgraduate students studying this area of law"-- Provided by publisher.
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