How to play it safe in an unsafe port: guidance for charterers and owners
Many standard form charterparties often contain an express warranty to ensure the port’s safety on the part of the charterer. Even in circumstances where such a warranty is not expressly provided, there is still the possibility that one could be implied.
In this article, we first examine what constitutes a safe port and the nature of the charterers’ obligation to nominate one and then how this old doctrine finds...