Week 1 04/08/2025 At: 7PM (Cairo Time)

Different types of shipping contracts and related forms

Overview of the different types of shipping contracts and related forms The basic principles of chartering Voyage Charter overview/different forms Time Charter overview/different forms Bareboat Charter Contract of Affreightment (CoA)

Time Chartering

Introduction to time chartering
NYPE2015
Shelltime 4
Baltime

Payment of hire  :

• Absolute obligations-The importance of paying hire as agreed in the charterparty Deductions from hire/issues/recommendations.
• Consequences of not paying hire as agreed.
• Options/remedies to the owners if hire not paid as agreed.
• Paying hire for the last voyage
• Withdrawing the ship and the owners’ rights for damages.
• Withdrawal Clause-Withdrawal Notice.
• Wrongful withdrawals-examples-consequences-precautions

Week 2 On:11/08/2025 At: 7PM (Cairo Time)

Time Chartering

Charter Period and related issues

• Trip time charter/issues
• Overlap/Underlap
• Last voyage clause/issues
• Illegitimate last voyage orders

Early redelivery-consequences and obligations of the owners

Off-hire clauses

• General principles
• Exceptions to off-hire
• Preventing the full working of the ship/ Reduction in speed
• The effect of specific provisions

Bunkers and other obligations during off-hire periods

Week 3 On:18/08/2025 At: 7PM (Cairo Time)

Time Chartering

Employment Clause

• Valid employment order
• Conflicting requirements
• Orders, which the Master has a duty to refuse
• Employment versus navigation/seamanship
• Unsafe ports/cargoes

Indemnity arising from the signing of bills lading • Liberty” clause

Performance clause/ claims

• Utmost despatch
• Customary assistance
• Remedies in cases where the vessel underperformance
• Damages for deficient performance
• Slow steaming/not full working of equipment

Week 4 On:25/08/2025 At: 7PM (Cairo Time)

Time Chartering

Allocations of costs and responsibilities between the charterers and owners 

• Responsibilities of the owners and charterers
• The responsibilities for cargo operations/effect of specific provisions
• Expenses to be shared.
• General Average
• Cargo claims
• The effect of the NYPE Inter-Club Agreement
• Liens
• Damage to the ship

The duties of the owners to provide a seaworthy ship on delivery and throughout the charter period. 

• Seaworthiness/unseaworthiness
• Cargo worthiness
• The effect of the Hague/Hague-Visby Rules
• The employment clause
• Implied indemnities

Bills of Lading under time charter

• Indemnity by the charterers
• Owner’s bill or charter’s bill
• The extent of as presented
• Owners’ direct liability to cargo owners

Liens

• Types of Liens
• Challenges in enforcing Liens
• Lien clauses
• Freight pre-paid bills of lading
• Alternative remedies (direct demand of freight from charterer)
• Where the lien on the cargo may be exercised
• Charterers lien on the ship

The charterers’ obligations to nominate safe ports

• Consequences of orders to unsafe port
• Charter’s obligation if a safe port becomes unsafe
• The elements to be considered of safe ports.

Case Study

Week 5 On:01/09/2025 At: 7PM (Cairo Time)

Voyage Chartering

Introduction to Voyage Chartering

Forms: Gnecon 2022, Shellvoy6, ASBAGASVOY

Laytime & Demurrage

Arrived ship criteria

• Port or Berth charterparty
• The Specified destination
• Legal readiness
• Valid NOR (When and how to be given)

Owners’ Responsibilities 

• The duty to provide a seaworthy ship
• Cargoworthiness
• Cancellation clauses
• Deviation and Liberty Clauses

The Charterers’ Obligations

• Provide agreed cargo and quantity
• Breach of charterparty terms, consequences

Loading and Discharging

• Stevedores damage
• Dangerous Cargo
• Deck cargo

Week 6 On:08/09/2025 At: 7PM (Cairo Time)

Voyage Chartering

Delay due to charterers/shippers/receivers

Delay arising without the default of either the shipowners or charterers

• Congestion
• Strikes
• Action of port or other authorities
• Delay due to other third parties

Laytime/Demurrage and Despatch

• When can laytime be suspended or stopped
• Demurrage, damages for detention

 

Examples

Case Study

Week 7 On:15/09/2025 At: 7PM (Cairo Time)

Voyage Chartering

Laytime Calculations

• Types of laytime
• Interpretations and exceptions to laytime
• Commencement of laytime
• Express exceptions to laytime
• General exceptions

Examples

 

Paramount Clauses

 

Frustration

• Destruction of the ship or cargo
• Illegality

 

Case Study 

Closing Remarks/recommendations