Interlegal experts managed to decrease essentially demurrage amount for the Client

The Client, one of the leading foreign traders, as a charterer, made a voyage charter party upon transporting 7,000 MT of agricultural products from the Ukrainian port to one of the Eastern Italian ports/Naples/Sardinia.

In the process of charter party performance at the request of the ultimate buyer, on CIF terms, the Charterer nominated the additional discharge port, while the primary laytime calculation procedure remained unchanged. As the result, the vessel was discharged at two Italian ports. Since discharge lasted longer than provided by the charter party, the demurrage accrued.

The Shipowner filed a claim to the Charterer, jointly with the set of appropriate supporting documents, to pay demurrage in the amount of 40,000 USD.

Having disagreed with demurrage calculation provided by the Shipowner, the Client applied to Interlegal lawyers to defend its interests and to adjust demurrage amount with regards to charter party provisions and actual circumstances arisen in the process of cargo discharge at the discharge port.

Interlegal experts performed a complex analysis of the current situation and actual case circumstances. With reference to charter party provisions, under the results of alternative laytime calculation, demurrage decreased to 10,000 USD.

For the purpose of negotiations between the Client and the Shipowner, the grounded legal position was drafted and several written notices were served.

Due to Interlegal active and prompt actions, the Client managed to arrange demurrage amounting to 10,000 USD and to settle the dispute amicably.

Interlegal Olena Ptashenchuk under general supervision of partner Natalya Myroshnychenko led the case.