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In commercial shipping, laytime is the amount of time allowed, measured in days (or portions thereof), hours, or even tides, within a voyage charter for the loading and unloading of cargo.[1][2]
Under a voyage charter or time charter, the shipowner is responsible for operating the vessel, and the master and crew are the employees of the shipowner, not the charterer. However, once the vessel has "arrived" at a port the charterer then assumes responsibility for the loading and unloading of cargo and has a period of laytime in which to carry that out. The actual loading may be performed by a third-party stevedore.
The moment that laytime commences is determined by a Notice of Readiness (or "NOR"), which the master or agent of the ship must give to the port when the ship has arrived at the port of loading or discharge. The charterparty contract determines the precise meaning of "arrival". Usually, "arrival" is when the ship has arrived at the port and is ready in all respects to load or discharge; but it may be, say, when the ship has passed buoy #2 in the approach channel, or once the vessel has pass through lock gates.[3]
If the charterer does not comply with the NOR, the carrier may cancel the contract and seek damages.[4] If the charterer's delay means that laytime is exceeded, a predetermined penalty (i.e. liquidated damages) called "demurrage" is incurred.[5][6] If the whole period of laytime is not needed, a refund called "despatch" may be payable by the shipowner to the charterer. Despatch is normally paid at 50% of the demurrage rate, but that depends on the terms of the charterparty. The ship may thus be able to leave port early. Despatch does not normally apply to tanker charters.[citation needed]
^Maritime knowhow website: Gencon, clause 6 Archived 2011-04-04 at the Wayback Machine
^Maritime knowhow website: Notice of Readiness Archived 2011-07-14 at the Wayback Machine
^Maritime knowhow website: Gencon, clause 9 Archived 2011-04-04 at the Wayback Machine
^The Mihalis Angelos
^The Suisse Atlantique
^Hong Kong Fir Shipping Co Ltd v Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd
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