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PART 1 ISSUES CONCERNING TIME CHARTERPARTIES |
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Chapter 1 `Interrupting the Lifeblood': The Owner's Remedies for Non-Payment Of Hire After Spar Shipping |
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3 | (30) |
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1.1 Introduction: the obligation to pay hire |
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3 | (1) |
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1.2 The nature and importance of hire |
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4 | (1) |
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1.3 The common problem: the facts in Spar Shipping |
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5 | (1) |
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1.4 The `temporary' remedies for non-payment |
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6 | (1) |
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1.4.1 Suspending the charter service |
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7 | (1) |
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1.4.2 Attaching the Charterer's receivables |
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7 | (1) |
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1.5 Termination for repudiation/renunciation |
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7 | (8) |
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7 | (2) |
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9 | (1) |
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1.5.3 Application of the principles to the different factual situations |
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10 | (2) |
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1.5.4 A proposed three-stage analysis for testing a potential renunciation by the time Charterer |
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12 | (1) |
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1.5.4.1 Stage (1): Intended benefit |
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13 | (1) |
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1.5.4.2 Stage (2): The foreshadowed level of future non- or mis-performance |
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14 | (1) |
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1.5.4.3 Stage (3): Does that prospective non-or mis-performance go to the root of the contract? |
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14 | (1) |
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1.6 The decision of the Court of Appeal in Spar Shipping |
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15 | (2) |
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1.7 Treating the hire obligation as a condition of the charterparty |
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17 | (13) |
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1.7.1 The case law before The Astra |
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17 | (2) |
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19 | (2) |
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21 | (1) |
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1.7.4 The Astra (Flaux J) v Spar Shipping (Popplewell J) |
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21 | (2) |
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1.7.5 Other case law on the condition question |
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23 | (2) |
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1.7.6 The argument before the Court of Appeal in Spar Shipping |
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25 | (4) |
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1.7.7 The decision of the Court of Appeal in Spar Shipping |
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29 | (1) |
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30 | (3) |
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Chapter 2 Off-Hire Clauses-Recent Developments |
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33 | (14) |
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33 | (1) |
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2.2 Overview of basic principles |
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34 | (2) |
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2.2.1 Payment of hire and off-hire clauses |
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34 | (1) |
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34 | (1) |
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35 | (1) |
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2.2.4 Types of off-hire clauses |
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35 | (1) |
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35 | (1) |
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2.2.4.2 `Net Loss of Time' clauses |
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35 | (1) |
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36 | (3) |
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36 | (1) |
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2.3.2 The decision of the tribunal |
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37 | (1) |
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2.3.3 The decision of the High Court |
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38 | (1) |
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2.3.4 The decision of the Court of Appeal |
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38 | (1) |
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39 | (6) |
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39 | (1) |
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2.4.2 The tribunal's award |
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40 | (1) |
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2.4.3 The High Court's decision |
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40 | (1) |
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2.4.4 The Court of Appeal's decision |
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41 | (2) |
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2.4.5 The Supreme Court decision |
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43 | (2) |
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45 | (2) |
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Chapter 3 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 |
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47 | (12) |
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47 | (2) |
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3.1.1 What is a time charter? |
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47 | (2) |
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3.2 How does the nature of a time charter affect the allocation of commercial risk? |
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49 | (5) |
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3.3 The allocation of commercial risk in the context of maritime security |
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54 | (4) |
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58 | (1) |
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Chapter 4 Bunkers and Charterparties |
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59 | (8) |
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59 | (1) |
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4.2 Bunkers and time charters |
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60 | (4) |
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4.2.1 Bunkers and time charters: quantity |
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61 | (1) |
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4.2.2 Bunkers and time charters: property in the bunkers |
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62 | (1) |
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4.2.3 Bunkers and time charters: bunker quality |
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63 | (1) |
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4.2.4 Bunkers and time charters: BIMCO bunkering clause |
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64 | (1) |
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4.3 Bunkers and voyage charters |
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64 | (1) |
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64 | (3) |
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Chapter 5 Enhancing Standardisation and Legal Certainty Through Standard Charterparty Contracts --- The Nype 2015 Experience |
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67 | (24) |
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67 | (1) |
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5.2 Reclassifying and redrawing the parties' obligations |
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68 | (13) |
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5.2.1 Owner's obligations prior to delivery |
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68 | (1) |
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5.2.2 Revamped speed and consumption warranty |
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69 | (1) |
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5.2.3 Punctual payment of hire |
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70 | (3) |
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5.2.4 Reforming the bunkers clause |
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73 | (6) |
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5.2.5 Charterers' obligation to redeliver the vessel |
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79 | (2) |
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81 | (7) |
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81 | (2) |
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5.3.2 Absence of an interpellation clause |
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83 | (1) |
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84 | (4) |
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88 | (3) |
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Chapter 6 Damages for Underlap In Time Charters: Three Subversive Suggestions |
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91 | (12) |
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6.1 Damages for breach of a charter: the place of an `available market' |
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92 | (3) |
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6.2 The period over which damages are quantified |
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95 | (3) |
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6.3 Cancellation clauses and damages |
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98 | (4) |
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102 | (1) |
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Chapter 7 Cargo Liabilities Under the New York Produce Exchange Time Charter And the Inter-Club Agreement |
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103 | (36) |
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103 | (1) |
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7.2 Court Line v Canadian Transport |
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104 | (1) |
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7.3 `... and Responsibility ...' |
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105 | (2) |
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7.4 Supervision and unseaworthiness |
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107 | (2) |
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7.5 Unseaworthiness arising from bad stowage |
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109 | (4) |
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7.6 A question of causation |
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113 | (3) |
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7.7 The Inter-Club Agreement |
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116 | (1) |
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7.8 The 1996 revision of the Inter-Club Agreement |
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117 | (2) |
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7.9 The 2011 revision of ICA 1996 |
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119 | (1) |
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7.10 ICA 1996/2011 as a term of the charter |
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120 | (2) |
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7.11 The construction of ICA 1996/2011 as a term of the charter |
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122 | (2) |
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7.12 The threshold issue: clause (4) of ICA 1996/2011 |
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124 | (3) |
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7.13 Issues of causation and apportionment |
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127 | (2) |
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129 | (10) |
| Appendix 7A Apportionment of claims under ICA 1996/2011 |
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131 | (2) |
| Appendix 7B Inter-Club New York Produce Exchange Agreement (1996) (as amended September 2011) |
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PART 2 ISSUES CONCERNING VOYAGE CHARTERPARTIES |
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Chapter 8 How Much Flexibility Is There In A Voyage Charter? --- An Eclectic Cornucopia! |
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139 | (30) |
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139 | (1) |
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8.2 The right to re-nominate ports or berths |
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140 | (4) |
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144 | (5) |
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8.3.1 When is freight earned? |
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145 | (1) |
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145 | (2) |
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8.3.3 The rule against set-off |
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147 | (1) |
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8.3.4 Cargo Retention (or ROB) Clauses |
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148 | (1) |
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8.4 Regulating the speed of the vessel |
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149 | (2) |
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8.5 Delaying the commencement of loading |
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151 | (1) |
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8.6 Claims for damages for detention |
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152 | (5) |
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8.6.1 When demurrage is more advantageous to owners than damages for detention |
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153 | (1) |
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8.6.2 When claims for damages for detention are advantageous to owners |
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154 | (1) |
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8.6.3 Charterers' failure to provide a berth that `is reachable on arrival' or `always accessible' |
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155 | (1) |
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8.6.3.1 `Reachable on arrival' |
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155 | (1) |
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8.6.3.2 `Always accessible' |
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156 | (1) |
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8.7 Blending and commingling cargoes |
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157 | (10) |
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8.7.1 Potential carrier's liability for physical problems for the mixed cargoes |
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159 | (1) |
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8.7.1.1 Do the Rules apply? |
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159 | (1) |
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8.7.1.2 Is there a breach of the Rules? |
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160 | (1) |
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8.7.1.2.1 Is there breach of the provisions of Article III Rule 2? |
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160 | (2) |
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8.7.1.2.2 Is there breach of the provisions of Article III Rule 1? |
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162 | (1) |
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8.7.1.2.3 Is the carrier entitled to limit liability? |
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163 | (1) |
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8.7.2 Carriage documentary difficulties |
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164 | (2) |
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8.7.3 Liability insurance |
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166 | (1) |
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167 | (2) |
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Chapter 9 A Continental Perspective On the Interpretation of Voyage Charterparties by Arbitrators: The Example of the Synacomex Charter |
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169 | (10) |
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169 | (2) |
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9.2 Rules for the interpretation of C/P terms |
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171 | (3) |
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9.2.1 Rules for interpretation under the French Civil Code |
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171 | (1) |
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9.2.2 Standard terms and negotiation |
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172 | (1) |
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9.2.3 The legal definition of force majeure |
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173 | (1) |
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174 | (2) |
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9.3.1 Cargo wetting and unseaworthiness |
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174 | (1) |
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9.3.2 Stowage of the cargo |
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175 | (1) |
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9.3.3 Quantity and short delivery |
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176 | (1) |
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9.4 Disputes over laytime and demurrage |
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176 | (2) |
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9.4.1 Berthing and the commencement of laytime |
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176 | (1) |
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9.4.2 Force majeure and the course of laytime |
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177 | (1) |
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9.4.3 The course of laytime and weather |
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178 | (1) |
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178 | (1) |
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Chapter 10 Delay and Demurrage In Tanker Charters |
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179 | (32) |
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10.1 Running of laytime under ASBATANKVOY |
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180 | (5) |
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181 | (1) |
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10.1.2 The laytime exception in the final sentence |
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182 | (2) |
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10.1.3 Further laytime exceptions |
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184 | (1) |
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10.2 Demurrage under ASBATANKVOY |
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185 | (3) |
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10.3 Charterers' obligation to nominate a safe place or wharf reachable on the vessel's arrival |
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188 | (6) |
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10.3.1 Delay prior to the start of laytime |
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188 | (4) |
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10.3.1.1 `Always accessible' |
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192 | (1) |
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10.3.2 Breach of `reachable on arrival' clause and laytime exceptions |
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192 | (2) |
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194 | (6) |
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200 | (6) |
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10.5.1 Supporting documents |
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200 | (4) |
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204 | (1) |
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10.5.3 Increase in claim after expiry of the time limit |
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204 | (2) |
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10.5.4 Date from which interest starts to run |
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206 | (1) |
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206 | (5) |
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Appendix 10A ASDEM spreadsheet for calculating discharge rates |
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209 | (2) |
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Chapter 11 Damages for Repudiation of Voyage Charters: Lessons Learned From the Mtm Hong Kong |
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211 | (28) |
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211 | (1) |
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11.2.1 The facts and the arbitrator's decision |
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211 | (3) |
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11.2.2 The Charterers' arguments on appeal |
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214 | (1) |
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11.2.2.1 The compensatory principle argument |
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214 | (1) |
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11.2.2.1.1 Nature of the compensatory principle |
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214 | (2) |
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11.2.2.1.2 The Smith v M'Guire measure |
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216 | (1) |
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11.2.2.1.3 The Charterers' argument |
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216 | (1) |
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11.2.2.1.4 Is the Smith v M'Guire measure now irrelevant? |
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217 | (5) |
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11.2.2.2 The argument from loss and mitigation |
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222 | (2) |
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11.2.2.3 The argument of `speculative losses' |
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224 | (2) |
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11.2.2.4 The remoteness argument |
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226 | (1) |
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11.2.2.4.1 Assumption of responsibility |
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226 | (4) |
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230 | (1) |
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230 | (6) |
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11.3.1 Does the decision have far-reaching implications for general contract law? |
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231 | (1) |
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11.3.2 `Different kind of loss' |
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232 | (1) |
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11.3.3 Benefits from positioning |
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233 | (3) |
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236 | (3) |
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PART 3 ISSUES COMMON TO BOTH CHARTERPARTIES |
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Chapter 12 Who Is Responsible for Loading, Stowage and Discharging? Who Bears the Risk? |
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239 | (10) |
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239 | (1) |
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239 | (2) |
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241 | (3) |
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241 | (1) |
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242 | (1) |
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243 | (1) |
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12.3.4 Who was responsible for loading and stowage? |
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244 | (1) |
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244 | (3) |
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245 | (1) |
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246 | (1) |
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246 | (1) |
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12.5 Who bears the risk? Conclusions |
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247 | (2) |
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Chapter 13 Clauses Paramount |
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249 | (36) |
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249 | (1) |
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13.2 The international conventions which may apply mandatorily to bills of lading |
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250 | (2) |
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13.3 Application of the Hague Rules to bills of lading and the clause paramount |
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252 | (1) |
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13.4 Application of the Hague-Visby Rules to bills of lading and the clause paramount |
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253 | (13) |
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13.4.1 `Bill of lading or any similar document of title' |
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254 | (2) |
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256 | (1) |
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256 | (1) |
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13.4.4 Period of coverage of the rules |
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257 | (1) |
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13.4.5 Construction of the clause paramount |
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258 | (1) |
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13.4.5.1 Evolution of the clause paramount from Hague to Hague-Visby Rules |
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258 | (3) |
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13.4.5.2 `Apply compulsorily' |
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261 | (2) |
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13.4.5.3 The Hague Rules `as enacted' |
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263 | (2) |
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13.4.5.4 `Corresponding legislation' |
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265 | (1) |
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13.5 The clause paramount and charterparties |
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266 | (16) |
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13.5.1 Does a clause paramount in the charterparty incorporate the rules into the charterparty? |
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267 | (1) |
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13.5.2 If the clause paramount is incorporated into the charterparty, which set of rules applies to the charterparty? |
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268 | (4) |
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13.5.3 If the rules are incorporated by the clause paramount, what is their impact? |
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272 | (1) |
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13.5.3.1 The seaworthiness obligation |
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272 | (4) |
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276 | (3) |
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279 | (3) |
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282 | (3) |
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Chapter 14 Charterparties and the Modern Law of Penalties |
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285 | (14) |
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14.1 The traditional law on penalties |
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285 | (2) |
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14.2 The retreat from Dunlop |
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287 | (1) |
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14.3 The modern restatement of the penalty rule |
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288 | (3) |
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291 | (2) |
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293 | (3) |
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296 | (3) |
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Chapter 15 Contracts of Affreightment |
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299 | (6) |
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299 | (1) |
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300 | (4) |
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15.2.1 What defaults constitute a breach which enables the other side to terminate and claim damages? |
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300 | (1) |
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15.2.2 Force majeure clauses |
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301 | (1) |
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15.2.3 Assessment of damages |
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301 | (3) |
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304 | (1) |
| Appendix I NYPE 1993 |
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305 | (14) |
| Appendix II NYPE 2015 |
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319 | (34) |
| Appendix III SYNACOMEX 90 |
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353 | (4) |
| Appendix IV SYNACOMEX 2000 |
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357 | (6) |
| Appendix V BIMCO non-lien clause for time charterparties |
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363 | (4) |
| Appendix VI BIMCO Suite of bunkering clauses |
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367 | (4) |
| Index |
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