Vessel Readiness Triggers Laytime
Nile Shipping's master arrives at the berth and tenders notice of readiness to the charterer. Laytime begins after the agreed grace period. The charterer must then make cargo available or face demurrage charges.
Also known as: notices of readiness · NOR
Written by attorneys · grounded in primary & secondary sources — see below
A communication from the master or agent of the shipowner to the charterer stating that the vessel is ready to load or discharge cargo. The notice starts the running of laytime under the charter party once any required grace period expires.
Nile Shipping's master arrives at the berth and tenders notice of readiness to the charterer. Laytime begins after the agreed grace period. The charterer must then make cargo available or face demurrage charges.
Nordic Ventures' agent tenders notice of readiness at the load port. The charterer accepts the notice and laytime starts after the grace period. The agent later sends a small thank-you gift unrelated to the notice.
Nightingale Healthcare charters a vessel through an independent contractor. The contractor's master issues notice of readiness. The charterer treats the notice as valid because the contractor controls the vessel's physical operations.
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Nova Pharmaceuticals charters a vessel for warehouse cargo. After the charter period ends the vessel remains at berth. The charterer must still accept a fresh notice of readiness before new laytime calculations begin.
A state port authority receives a federal order concerning a vessel's notice of readiness. The state refuses because the order commandeers local officers. The charterer must instead rely on the shipowner's direct notice.
A religious nonprofit charters a vessel and limits cargo to members of the same faith. The master gives notice of readiness only to preferred charterers. The limitation is permitted because the vessel is used for noncommercial purposes.
Laytime begins when the master or agent tenders notice of readiness and any contractual grace period expires. The notice informs the charterer that the vessel is physically ready to load or discharge.
A notice that fails to state the vessel is ready or is given at the wrong place does not start laytime. The shipowner must tender a valid notice before the charterer's obligations begin.
It depends on the charter wording. Running days count every calendar day while weather working days exclude days when weather prevents work. Notice of readiness still triggers the clause chosen by the parties.
…jure non remota causa sed proxima spectatur"[^maj-1] was invoked. The defendants submitted that without a special contract or notice of special circumstances the liability of a common carrier is confined to the loss that would ordinarily arise from his breach and that notice to a clerk in the ordinary course could not…