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Time Charterparties
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Key Learning Outcomes
- Analyse the fundamental nature of a time charter
- Find out the shipowners’ and charterers’ duties under time charterparties
- Know the different risks that are inherent to time charters and voyage charters
- Understand time charter duration including re-delivery of the vessel, overlap/underlap, illegitimate last voyages, etc.
- Appreciate what off-hire clauses, performance claims, and liens mean to your charterparties
- Learn how to negotiate a time charter contract
Who Should Attend
- Shipowners
- Charterers
- Traders
- Solicitors and barristers
- P&I personnel
- In-house legal advisers
- University and college lecturers
International Course Director
Richard Williams, Professor, University of Wales Swansea
Richard has nearly 40 years of practical experience in the shipping industry and is an acknowledged expert in charterparty negotiations and dispute resolution. He was formerly the chairman of Ince & Co’s dry shipping business group. Richard teaches maritime law at the University of Wales Swansea.
