Shipping webinar - Speed and Consumption Claims

The Shipping and International Trade Team are pleased to continue their program of webinars on a broad range of subjects relating to time and voyage charterparties and cargo claims. For the sixth in the series, Pamela Dunning and Alex Smith look at ‘Speed and Consumption.’ Disclaimer: Please note that content and advice provided is correct as of the date of recording. Here are the timestamps to help guide you through our video: 0:22 Agenda 1:24 Does the charterparty give any warranties? 3:31 Any agreed performance capability for the vessel? 6:14 Subject to any conditions 8:44 Sea state, waves and currents 13:55 Treatment of currents 19:35 Currents 22:04 Were the warranties complied with? 22:27 Sources of weather data 26:00 Extrapolation – The Didymi Principle 28:46 Methods of calculation – time lost 32:19 Methods of calculation – Bunker over / under-consumption 33:01 Underperformance claims by other names 41:50 Questions Meet our experts: Pamela Dunning: https://www.birketts.co.uk/our-lawyers/ipswich/pamela-dunning Alex Smith: https://www.birketts.co.uk/our-lawyers/ipswich/alex-smith 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