INTERBULK LTD. v. PONTE DEI SOSPIRI SHIPPING CO. (THE “STANDARD ARDOUR”)

[1988] 2 Lloyd's Rep. 159

QUEEN’S BENCH DIVISION(COMMERCIAL COURT)

Before Mr. Justice Saville

Charter-party (Time) - Limitation of time - Non-payment of hire - Owners’ claim referred to arbitration - Charterers counterclaimed alleging delays caused by unfitness of vessel and claiming indemnity in respect of liability to shippers and terminal authorities - Whether charterers’ claim time barred - Whether United States Carriage of Goods by Sea Act applied to charterers’ counterclaim - Whether application for extension of time should be granted - Arbitration Act, 1950 s. 27.