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Time charterer, not sub-charterer, held liable for contaminated cargo
(Shipping Times)
July 3, 1998
By Selva Kumar
CONFUSION over who was responsible to purge with nitrogen the tanks in a liquefied gas carrier led to a time charterer being held liable for contaminated cargo although the vessel's sub-charterer appointed the surveyor to inspect and accept the vessel.
The time charterer lost both at the arbitration hearing and in the English High Court mainly ...... Read more on Shipping Times
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