S.U.N.Y. Maritime College
Graduate Program
Course 8460 - Charter Parties II
Professor Jeffrey A. Weiss
Course Outline / Topics
1. Introduction to the voyage charter party concept
2. Allocation of responsibilities under the voyage charter.
3. Comparison of voyage, time, demise charters and a COA
4. Intro to GENCON, NORGRAIN and other standard pro formas.
5. Freight
6. Freight setoffs
7. Lumpsum freight
8. Deadfreight
9. Partial final awards for unpaid freight
10. Prepaid, contingent and guaranteed freight
11. Freight under ASBATANKVOY
12. F D and D cover and freight collection
13. The approach voyage
14. Laycan, cancellation
15. Anticipatory breach
16. Introduction to the arrived ship,
17. Port versus berth charters
18. Introduction to commencement of laytime
19. Case law review: Leonis Steamship, Aello, Johanna Oldendorff,
Polyfreedom, Maratha Envoy and other legal decisions
20. WIBON, WIFCON, WCCON, and WIPON clauses
21. Notice of readiness
22. Legal and physical readiness
23. Case law review
24. Laytime definitions and exceptions -The VOYLAYRULES
25. Introduction to stoppage of laytime
26. SHEX, SHINX, U.U.
27. Working days, weather working days, weather permitting
28. Holidays
29. Strikes
30. Surf days
31. Saturday clauses
32. Stoppage of laytime due owner’s fault
33. Force majeure
34. Preparation of the S.O.F.
35. Case law review
36. Laytime calculations
37. Normal
38. Reversible
39. Averaging
40. Demurrage
41. Despatch
42. Detention versus demurrage
43. Case law review
44. Safe port / safe berth warranty
45. Ice Clauses
46. VOYWAR Clauses
47. The Liberty Clause
48. P and I Bunkering Clause
49. Clause Paramount
50. Cesser Clause
51. Frustration of the charter party
52. Case law review.
53. GENCON review
54. NORGRAIN 89 Review / Exercise
55. Cargo families
56. Cargo quantities / min / max cargo on specified draft
57. Stowage factors, stowage factor warranties
58. Cargo – case law studies
59. Introduction to special tanker voyage charter party issues
60. ASBATANKVOY review
61. Cargo retention clauses
62. Trade allowances / vessel experience factors
63. Heating clauses
64. Cargo conversion
65. Survey and sample clauses cargo conversion
66. General average under the charter party
67. The York-Antwerp Rules
68. G/A liens
69. Posting of security, bonds, underwriter guarantees
70. Non separation agreements
71. Effects of fault on G/A / the Jason Clause
72. Case law review
73. Marine arbitration of charter party disputes
74. The Federal Arbitration Act
75. Petitions to compel and vacate
76. The SMA Rules, London arbitration
77. Security in aid of arbitration
78. Enforcement of awards
79. Other topics / issues
80. Review for Exam
Notes:
Your attendance is absolutely required.
Reading assignments to be made in class.
Notes:
• Excellent attendance is absolutely required.
• Academic integrity is a must as per the College’s rules and
regulations.
You must be familiar with all of the following terms, acronyms, names,
places, etc. for examination purposes.
You should consult a good maritime dictionary.
Many are available in the library. You may also find links on my web site to
dictionaries / glossaries.
1. Voyage Charter party
2. Voyage c/p - US Gulf E.C. Mexico, Grains Feb. 26 - March 3,
20,000 tons grain, (ARGOS), Pan. Flag, $ 11.50 FIO, 4500 tons load SHEX,
1500 tons discharge SHINC (do you know what this means)
3. Have you carefully read the NORGRAIN C/P,GENCON C/P and
ASBATANKVOY C/P.
4. Despatch
5. All time saved
6. All working time saved
7. All laytime saved
8. Demurrage
9. Once on Demurrage - Always on Demurrage
10. Demurrage pro rata
11. Demurrage payable day by day
12. Detention
13. Laycan date
14. Commencement of laytime
15. CQD terms
16. Normal laytime
17. Averaging laytime
18. Reversible laytime
19. Days all purpose
20. Bends
21. Arrived ship
22. The Johanna Oldendorff decision
23. The Maratha Envoy decision
24. The Polyfreedom decision
25. Geographic arrival
26. Port charter
27. Berth charter
28. NOR
29. Self correcting notices
30. Readiness in Fact
31. Freight
32. Freight collect
33. Prepaid freight
34. Statement of facts
35. Guaranteed freight
36. Lumpsum freight
37. Deadfreight
38. Charter party frustration
39. The vessel Christos decision
40. Safe port / safe berth clause
41. Always afloat
42. Amwelsh charter party
43. Cesser Clause
44. Both to Blame Collision Clause
45. P and I Bunkering Clause
46. Clause Paramount
47. ASBATANKVOY c/p
48. NORGRAIN c/p
49. GENCON c/p
50. ASBA II c/p
51. SHELLVOY c/p
52. Prerequisites for a general average
53. Examples of a general average sacrifice or expenditure
54. Particular average
55. Jason Clause
56. York- Antwerp Rules
57. Non separation agreement
58. General average guarantee
59. Voylayrules
60. Laydays
61. Laytime
62. FIO charter party
63. FIO trimmed
64. FIO stowed
65. Free load
66. Free discharge
67. Address commission
68. Liner terms
69. Saturday Clause
70. Free time
71. Shex
72. Shex eiu
73. Shex uu
74. Shinc
75. Running day
76. Surf day
77. Fhex
78. Weather working day
79. Working day of 24 hours
80. Working day of 24 consecutive hours
81. Holiday
82. Strike
83. Centrocon strike clause
84. WIBON Clause
85. WIPON Clause
86. WIFPON Clause
87.WCCON clause
88. force majeure
89. Kyzikos case
90. In writing
91. Shifting time and expenses
92. Deadweight
93. "About" 50,000 tons
94. min/max 50,000 tons
95. free pratique
96. Petition to Compel Arbitration
97. Petition to Confirm Arbitration Award
98. Petition to Vacate Arbitration Award
99. Federal Arbitration Act
100. SMA Rules
101. Partial Final Award
102. Application for security
103. CIF sales contract
104. FOB sales contract
105. Warranty of seaworthiness
106. Unreasonable deviation
107. ASBA
108. FONASBA
109. BIMCO
110. Cargo retention clause
111. R.O.B.
112. Heating clauses
113. In transit loss
114. The MT CARLISLE case
115. Trade allowances
116. Pumping warranty
117. Worldscale
118. Ullage and Innage
119. Barrels (BBLS.)
120. Bill of lading (order and straight)
121. Bill of lading estoppel
122. Tanker Diversion clauses
123. Letters of undertaking
124. Stowage factor
125. Metric ton, short ton and long ton
126. Gross tonnage,
127. Net tonnage
128. Deadweight tonnage
129. Displacement
130. P and I Club
131. Hull underwriters
132. Charterer's liability insurance
133. Panamax
134. Suezmax
135. Capesize vessel
136. Handy size vessels
137. charterers nominated agents
138. dunnage
139. free in liner out (filo)
140. freight taxes
141. full and complete cargo
142. prompt ship
143. spot ship
144. stowage factor warranty
145. stevedore damage clause
146. voyage estimate
147. time charter equivalent
148. per hatch per day
149. per workable hatch per day
150. contract of afreightment