Disease Clause for Time Charter Parties
Göteborg:
By: Oliver Hutton, Senior Claims Executive,Team Piraeus and Haris Zografakis, Partner, Stephenson Harwood, London
BIMCO’s Infectious or Contagious Diseases Clause for Time Charter parties will have been welcomed by the industry when it was published in response to Ebola in 2015. But can it be said to deal fully with disputes arising out of COVID-19 in 2021, and beyond, and how far does it address the peculiarities of a time charter party for a single trip? How does it decide issues of responsibility between shipowners and charterers, and how might it be amended to offer shipowners greater protection?