Charterers to be liable for employment of “customary” pilotage
Overview
It is surprising how often BIMCO is asked to intervene in disputes rooted in provisions whereby time charterers are to pay for the employment of “customary” pilotage. This is a genuine dispute-breeder because it can be quite difficult, if not impossible, to assess whether it is in fact “customary” to employ pilot at the particular place. There is no objective yardstick to measure whether or not something may be “customary” unless, of course, everyone customarily does it. Whereas it may be possible to establish “custom of the port” in terms of output or input of a particular commodity at the particular po...
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02 June 2016
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