Shipping webinar series 2: Voyage Charterparties - Laytime

Following on from series one, looking at 'Time Charterparties', Birketts' Shipping Team are now very pleased to introduce the next series of webinars, discussing 'Voyage Charterparties'. Join us for the fourth webinar in the six-part series with Henry Adams, Partner and Head of our Shipping and International Trade Team and Tom Hodges, Senior Associate in the Shipping Team as they discuss 'Laytime.' Here are the timestamps to help guide you through this webinar: 1:39 Topics 3:06 Introduction to laytime and demurrage 4:42 Defining the laytime period 8:.46 Commencement of laytime 10:47 Poll 12:39 When can an NOR be validly tendered? 18:25 The vessel’s readiness to load / discharge 20:10 What amounts to readiness? 25:02 Waiver / estoppel of Charterer’s right to argue that NOR is invalid 27:46 Delays in ability to tender NOR caused by Charterers 29:22 Interruptions and exceptions to laytime 30:09 Owners’ fault post-NOR 32:28 Owners’ fault pre-NOR 34:23 Interruptions – “Sundays and holidays excepted” 36:01 Interruptions – “weather permitting” 37:36 Poll 38:02 Charterers 38:56 Exceptions to laytime 40:16 Exceptions to laytime – example 41:41 Poll 42:19 Charterers 44:00 Questions Meet our experts Henry Adams: https://www.birketts.co.uk/our-lawyers/ipswich/henry-adams Tom Hodges: https://www.birketts.co.uk/our-lawyers/ipswich/tom-hodges Sign up to future webinars: https://www.birketts.co.uk/events To ensure that you are invited to future webinars and receive our newsletters please opt in to our mailing lists and select the appropriate areas of interest. https://www.birketts.co.uk/register Disclaimer: Please note that content and advice provided is correct as of the date of recording.