Shipping webinar series 2: Voyage Charterparties – Delivery, Cancellation and Frustration

Following on from series one, looking at 'Time Charterparties', Birketts' Shipping Team are now very pleased to introduce the next series of webinars, discussing 'Voyage Charterparties'. Join us for the first webinar in the six-part series with Tom Hodges and Pamela Dunning, Senior Associates in our Shipping and International Trade Team, as they discuss delivery, cancellation and frustration. Here are the timestamps to help guide you through our video: 4:45 Voyage Charter vs Time Charter 6:05 The voyage charter in context 7:20 Voyage charterparties webinar schedule 8:18 Description of the ship 11:27 Descriptive statements 16:44 Poll: Timing 17:12 Poll results 17:32 Unless ... 19:02 Delivery and proceeding to the load port 20:55 Proceeding to load port 24:18 "The Pacific Voyager" 28:15 Cancelling clauses 33:50 Frustration: A doctrine not lightly invoked ... 35:29 Extraneous event 36:03 Performance impossible or radically different 37:53 Poll: Frustration of voyage charter 39:09 Loss of a named vessel 40:35 Destruction of cargo 43:38 Contemplated route no longer available 45:15 What about COVID-19? 47:00 Force Majeure 49:10 Questions Meet our experts Pamela Dunning: https://www.birketts.co.uk/our-lawyers/ipswich/pamela-dunning Tom Hodges: https://www.birketts.co.uk/our-lawyers/ipswich/tom-hodges Sign up to future webinars: https://www.birketts.co.uk/events To ensure that you are invited to future webinars and receive our newsletters please opt in to our mailing lists and select the appropriate areas of interest. https://www.birketts.co.uk/register Disclaimer: Please note that content and advice provided is correct as of the date of recording