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'''TIMECHARTER ON NYPE FORM: SLOW STEAMING: WHETHER A BREACH OF ‘UTMOST DESPATCH’ OBLIGATION: WHETHER VESSEL OFF-HIRE BY REASON OF DEFAULT OF MASTER: WHETHER PARTIAL INTERRUPTION IN SERVICE SUFFICIENT TO TRIGGER OFF-HIRE CLAUSE'''
'''Summary'''
In this case the Court held that, where the evidence pointed to the vessel having slow steamed, arbitrators were entitled to hold that the Owners were in breach of their obligation to proceed with the utmost despatch and that the vessel was off-hire.
This Case Note is based on a note by Neil Henderson , a barrister at Stone Chambers, Gray’s Inn, London, and Tom Burdass, an associate solicitor with the London firm of Campbell Johnston Clark, London
