CHARTER PARTY WORKSHOP Supported by: OF BRITISH COLUMBIA Photo credit: tdlucas5000 / www.flickr.com Vancouver 12-14 December 2016
Day 1 Day 2 09:30-10:45 Overview of the inter-relationship between the contract of sale, the charter party, the bill of lading and the insurance certificate 10:45-11:00 Break Voyage charters 11:00-12:45 The shipowner s duties: to provide a seaworthy ship to properly and carefully care for the cargo to proceed with reasonable dispatch cancellation clauses deviation slow steaming clauses. 12:45-13:45 Lunch 13:45-15:15 The charterer s duties: full and complete clean and sound cargoes payments of freight/deadfreight port nominations to provide all port restrictions (draft, air draft, etc) at the loading and discharging ports before fixing. 15:15-15:45 Break 15:45-17:00 Case study 1 09:30-13:00 Laytime and demurrage: NOR validity types of laytime When does laytime start to run? What suspends laytime? When does laytime stop? demurrage damages for detention time bar clauses. 13:00-14:00 Lunch 14:00-15:00 Lunch The session includes a coffee break and Case study 2. Time charters 15:00-15:30 Time charter duration and re-delivery: overlap/underlap illegitimate last voyages express and implied tolerances last voyage clauses without guarantee. 15:30-15:45 Payment of hire: payment on time allowed deductions methods of payment methods of payment of value of bunkers at delivery remedies for non-payment of hire withdrawal of ship from charterers service anti-technicality clauses suspension of service. 15:45-16:15 Break 16:15-17:00 Case study 3
Day 3 09:30-10:30 Off-hire clauses: general principles the effect of different types of clauses the importance of the wording off-hire computation (per hatch/crane/ gang). 10:30-11:00 Employment orders: employment vs. navigation and safety orders which a Master must refuse orders which a Master has the right to refuse. 11:00-11:15 Break 11:15-12:00 Employment orders (cont.) 12:00-12:45 Time charter cargo operations: Who is responsible for cargo operations? the effect of various clauses stevedore damage issues effect of the Inter-Club Agreement. Speakers Richard Williams Richard Williams was a partner with Ince & Co for 25 years and was chairman of the firm s dry shipping business group specialising in carriage of goods, charter parties and P&I issues. He was regularly consulted both by private clients and also by United Nations agencies and other international bodies in relation to industry-wide issues. He is the author of numerous articles on shipping law and is co author of the standard textbook Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims published by Lloyds of London Press (4th edition 2005). He is now a consultant to Ince & Co and a visiting professor, teaching maritime law at Swansea University. Baris Soyer Professor Soyer is the Director of the Institute of International Shipping and Trade Law at Swansea University. He is a member of the British Maritime Law Association and British Insurance Law Association. He is the author of Warranties in Marine Insurance published by Cavendish Publishing (2001), and of an extensive list of journal articles published in elite journals such as Lloyd s Maritime and Commercial Law Quarterly, Journal of Business Law, Torts Law Journal and Journal of Contract Law. He currently teaches Admiralty Law, Charterparties and Carriage of Goods by Sea and Marine Insurance on the LLM Programme, and is the Head of Postgraduate Legal Studies Department at Swansea University. 12:45-13:45 Lunch Common issues 13:45-14:30 Safe ports: What is a safe port? When is a port to be safe? What is the extent of the charterers duty? 14:30-15.30 Dangerous cargoes 15:30-16:00 Break 16:00-17:00 Assessment Organiser Peter Grube Peter Grube joined BIMCO in 1990. His first position in BIMCO was in the Front Office, where he was tasked with assisting BIMCO members with a wide range of operational, commercial and practical issues. In 2000 he was appointed Marketing & Sales Director of BIMCO and was responsible for promoting and driving forward BIMCO s global position as a leading membership and maritime interest organisation. As part of his duties, he project managed a wide range of BIMCO events, including the BIMCO General Meetings in Beijing, Barcelona, Copenhagen and Hong Kong. As Chief PR Officer he was also responsible for coordinating BIMCO s communication and PR activities. Since 2005 he has been responsible for BIMCO Courses and Seminars. He is developing, coordinating and delivering 20-25 courses, seminars and conferences world-wide annually, speaking at the courses on issues related to BIMCO s activities. Prior to joining BIMCO, Peter worked in ship owning in Copenhagen as well as Sale & Purchase in Piraeus, Greece. He is a graduate from the Danish School for International Marketing & Export, a Chartered Shipbroker (FICS) and has a Master s Degree in Education and Learning.
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