In CM P-MAX III Limited v Petroleos Del Norte SA (MT Stena Primorsk) [2022] EWHC 2147 (Comm), the Commercial Court of the High Court of England and Wales (the “Court”) has ruled that an owner can legitimately refuse orders from the charterer where such orders may jeopardise the safety of a vessel. As the owner cannot be satisfied that the vessel could berth and discharge her load whilst remains to be “safely afloat”, the owner may reject the charterer’s request to berth on safety grounds.
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