Laytime and Demurrage
by John Schofield
8th Edition
Publisher: Informa Law from Routledge
Book Details
| Print ISBN | 9780367708368 |
| eText ISBN | 9781000426977 |
| Publisher | Informa Law from Routledge |
| Publishing Year | 2021 |
| Edition | 8th Edition |
| Language | English |
| Pages | 660 |
Laytime and Demurrage, 8th Edition, delivers a comprehensive textbook examination of the legal standards and contractual mechanisms that govern port delays in commercial shipping. Written by John Schofield, the text aims to assist legal practitioners, arbitrators, and maritime industry professionals in analyzing complex contractual laytime provisions and risk allocation.
The volume addresses core contractual concepts, beginning with fixed and customary laytime clauses alongside legal principles governing the commencement of laytime in berth, dock, and port charters. The narrative further examines the operational rules that define working days and weather working days, clarifying how legal standards affect time calculations during port operations.
A primary feature of this edition is the integration of key judicial and arbitral decisions reported since 2016, establishing an updated legal foundation for analysis. The work supports academic law courses and specialized professional practice requiring rigorous charter party evaluation.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: General Principles
- • The Construction of Laytime Clauses
- • Good Faith, Honesty and Reasonableness
Chapter 2: Laytime Clauses - Fixed and Customary Laytime
- • Fixed Laytime
- • Laytime by Reference to Rates of Working Cargo
- • Availability of Holds
- • Customary Laytime
- • Delays Arising Without the Default of Either Shipowners or Charterers
- • Other Terms of the Charterparty
- • Where Customary Laytime is Exceeded
- • Customary Quick Despatch
Chapter 3: Commencement of Laytime
- • Readiness to Load and Discharge
- • Changes to Beginning of Laytime
Chapter 4: Interruptions and Exceptions to Laytime
- • Adverse Weather
- • Holidays
- • Strikes
- • Shifting and Lightening
Chapter 5: Other Laytime Matters
- • Completion of Laytime
- • Averaging and Reversing
- • Cases on Averaging
- • Multiple Charters
- • Commencement and Running of Laytime
- • Laytime Calculations
Chapter 6: Demurrage
- • Liability for Demurrage
Chapter 7: Despatch
Chapter 8: Detention
Chapter 9: Frustration
Chapter Appendix A: Laytime Definitions
Chapter Appendix B: Laytime Definitions for Chater Parties 2014 BIMCO Special Circular No. 8 Dated 10 September 2013
Chapter Appendix C: The Baltic Exchange Charterparty and Laytime Terminology and Abbreviations
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