VOYAGE CHARTERING: Key Legal & Practical Issues

This intensive 4-day course on Voyage Chartering Practice provides participants with a comprehensive understanding of the practical and legal aspects of voyage chartering.

Led by two industry experts, the program delves into the details of charter parties, covering essential legal principles, operational challenges and real-world applications. 

Our Course Director is a member of the British Maritime Law Association and British Insurance Law Association. He is the author and editor of many publications 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, Cambridge Law Journal etc. He currently teaches Admiralty Law, Oil and Gas Law and Marine Insurance on the LLM programme and also is the Head of the Department of Postgraduate Legal Studies. 

The Course Expert is a member of the Institute of International Shipping and Trade Law. He is a British legal academic and writer who is a professor of law, specialising in commercial law and common law. He is the author and co-author of books on torts, damages and maritime law, and of numerous articles and chapters on aspects of common law, commercial law and restitution.

– Introduction to Charter Parties

• Types of Charter Parties
• The formation of charter parties
• The terms of chartering – warranties, conditions, intermediate terms
• Qualifying factors

– The Shipowners’ Duties

• Providing a seaworthy ship
• Maintaining the cargo
• Processing the reasonable dispatch
• Cancellation clauses

CASE STUDY 1: Voyage Charters – Group Work

– The Charterers’ Duties

• Complete cargoes
• Contractual cargoes
• Payment of freight
• Port Nominations

– Cargo Safety

• Safety Issues
• Duty to nominate a safe port
• Duty to inform the nature of cargo

CASE STUDY 2: Voyage Charters – Group Work

– Laytime & Demurrage

• Types of Laytime
• Commencement of Laytime
• Stoppage and Termination of Laytime and Demurrage
• Practical Aspects

CASE STUDY 3: Worked examples of Laytime calculations

– Cargo Operations

• Emerging issues analisys
• New liability regimes and developments
• Risks and Liabilities affecting ship operations

CASE STUDY 4: Operations – Group Work

– Chartering Practice

• Paramount Clauses and Introduction to International Conventions
• Liens
• Role of Letter of Indemnities in Chartering Practice
• Practical Considerations with regards to Chartering

Q & A and Closing Remarks

Pre 30 September Price	£1,500 + VAT
Standard Price	£1,750 + VAT

The course fee includes:

• Access to all training sessions scheduled as part of 4-days course
• Presentations and course materials in E-format
• Access to trainers for questions, technical support, or pre and post-course assistance
• Certificate of Completion: upon successfully completing the training course, delegates receive a certificate to acknowledge their participation

Accommodation packages are also available upon request

Please contact KBS advisors on [email protected] for more details on accommodation and airport transfer details.

We look forward to seeing you on our courses!