The Wire - time-barred claims, April 2025

Introduction

03/04/2025

Introduction

Welcome to this edition of The Wire on the topic of time-barred claims.
Top 5 tips

03/04/2025

Top 5 tips

Top 5 tips for shipbrokers to effectively manage demurrage claims. 
You're barred

03/04/2025

You're barred

Following the conclusion of two voyages, the owners sent two claims (heating and demurrage) to the shipbrokers within the contractual time bar, with instructions for the broker to send them to the charterers.
Claim email sent to wrong address

03/04/2025

Claim email sent to wrong address

Members were shipbrokers between owners and charterers. Owners sent their demurrage claim to the shipbrokers to pass to the charterers.
Missed messages

03/04/2025

Missed messages

A shipbroker received a demurrage claim of US$80,000 by email to their fixture email address, “chartering@shipbroker.com”.
On thin ice

03/04/2025

On thin ice

A shipbroker received a claim from owners for ice dues and winter surcharge on towage at a Baltic port to be passed on to the charterers.
February is the shortest month

03/04/2025

February is the shortest month

A shipbroker fixed a ship for an initial period of three months with subsequent optional periods of three months.

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