In a recent English High Court decision K-Line Pte Ltd v Priminds Shipping (HK) Co., Ltd [2020] EWHC 2373 (Comm), the Court considers whether an owner is entitled to claim damages in addition to demurrage where the only breach of contract of affreightment by the charterer is the failure to complete loading / discharging cargo within laytime.
Eventually, it was held that the ship owner has a right to claim damages over and above its right to demurrage without the need to prove a separate breach.
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