Laytime and Demurrage

John Schofield is now a full time professional maritime Arbitrator who has a mixed maritime, legal, and commercial background. He has a Master’s degree in Business law. is a Barrister of Gray’s Inn, a full member of the LMAA and a member of the Baltic exchange. Originally, he was an officer in the Royal Navy where his final job was standing by a ship under construction on the Tyne, sea trials and work up, giving him also shipyard experience.

Preface to the Eight Edition; Chapter 1 General Principles; The Construction of Laytime Clauses; Good Faith, Honesty and Reasonableness; Chapter 2 Laytime Clauses - Fixed and Customary Laytime; Fixed Laytime; Laytime by Reference to Rates of Working Cargo; Availability of Holds; Customary Laytime; Delays Arising Without the Default of Either Shipowners or Charterers; Other Terms of the Charterparty; Where Customary Laytime is Exceeded; Customary Quick Despatch; Chapter 3 Commencement of Laytime; Readiness to Load and Discharge; Changes to Beginning of Laytime; Chapter 4 Interruptions and Exceptions to Laytime; Adverse Weather; Holidays; Strikes; Shifting and Lightening; Chapter 5 Other Laytime Matters; Completion of Laytime; Averaging and Reversing; Cases on Averaging; Multiple Charters; Commencement and Running of Laytime; Laytime Calculations; Chapter 6 Demurrage; Liability for Demurrage; Chapter 7 Despatch; Chapter 8 Detention; Chapter 9 Frustration; Appendix A Laytime Definitions; Appendix B Laytime Definitions for Chater Parties 2014 BIMCO Special Circular No. 8 Dated 10 September 2013; Appendix C The Baltic Exchange Charterparty and Laytime Terminology and Abbreviations