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If a ship suffers damage, delay or exceptional expense at a port to which it was ordered by charterers, owners may have a claim against charterers for breach of the unsafe port warranty. This guide examines the legal principles governing unsafe port claims, issues arising in such claims and the defences that may be available. How do safety warranties arise? Some standard form charter parties, […]

ADM Industries Centers Ltd (trading as ADM Israel) v Inerco Trade SA [2026] EWHC 1873 (Comm) The High Court has overturned a GAFTA Board of Appeal decision, ruling that reliance on a force majeure clause under GAFTA Form 48 required timely service of the notice. Late service would deprive the party serving the notice from being able to rely on the force majeure clause, even […]