Berth and Port Voyage Charters

In The Finix [1975] 2 Lloyd’s Rep. 415 Donaldson J in the course of his judgment, put the matter of a berth or a port charter as follows (at p.422):

It is well settled that where the destination is a named berth or there is an express right to nominate a berth, the charter is a berth charter-party, i.e., the ship is not 'arrived' before she reaches the berth. It is also well settled that where the destination is an area of wider extent, but there is an implied right in the charterer to nominate the berth or other discharging spot, the ship is 'arrived' when she reaches the appropriate part of the wider area and not when she later reaches the discharging berth or spot.

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