Charter Party Laytime Definitions |
All
Time Saved |
The time saved to the ship from the
completion of loading /
discharging to the expiry of the laytime including periods excepted from the laytime. |
All
Working Time Saved or All Laytime Saved |
The time saved to the ship from the completion of
loading /
discharging to the expiry of the laytime excluding any notice time and periods excepted
from the laytime. |
As
Fast As The Vessel Can Receive / Deliver |
The laytime is a period of time to be calculated by reference
to the maximum rate at which the ship in full working order is capable of loading /
discharging the cargo. |
ATUTC |
All time used to count |
Berth |
The specific place where the ship is to load and or discharge.
If the word berth is not used, but the specific place is ( or is to be ) identified by its
name, this definition shall still apply |
CHOPT |
Charterer's option (often refers to a discharge port) |
Clear
day or Clear Days |
The day on which the notice is given and the day on which the
notice expires are not included in the notice period. |
Customary
Despatch |
The charter must load and or discharge as fast as is possible
in the circumstances prevailing at the time of loading or discharging. |
Day |
A continuous period of 24 hours which, unless the context
otherwise requires, runs from midnight to midnight. |
Despatch
Money or Despatched |
The money payable by the owner if the ship completes loading
or discharging before the laytime has expired. |
Demurrage |
The money payable to the owner for delay for which the owner
is not responsible in loading and or / discharging after the laytime has expired. |
Even If Sooner
Berthed |
The charterer will have the period of notice
time even if the vessel berthed in a period of time shorter than
that fixed in Notice of readiness clause |
Excepted |
The specified days do not count as laytime even if loading or
discharging is done on them. |
F.I.O.T |
Free In Out and Trimmed.
Free to the ship, with the charterer organising and paying for the stevedoring. |
Holiday |
A day of the week or part(s) thereof on which the notice is
given and the day on which the notice expires are not included in the notice period |
In
Writing |
In relation to a notice of readiness, a notice visibly
expressed in any mode of reproducing words and includes cable, telegram, telex, fax (email
requires the consent of all parties prior to signing of contract) |
Liner
Terms |
Applicable to a liner trade where an owner has his ships
regularly calling at his arranged berths and thus can offer to load and discharge
incorporating stevedoring into the freight rate |
Laytime |
The period of time agreed between the parties during which the
the owner will make and keep the ship available for loading / discharging without payment
additional to the freight. |
Notice
of Readiness |
Notice to the charter, shipper, receiver or other person as
required by the charter that the ship has arrived at the port or berth as the case may be
and is ready to load / discharge. |
On
Demurrage |
The laytime has expired. Unless the charter party expressly
provides to the contrary the time on demurrage will not be subject to the laytime
exceptions. |
Port |
An area within which ships are loaded with and / or
discharges of cargo and includes the usual places where ships wait for their turn or are
ordered or obliged to wait for their turn no matter the distance from that area.
If the word port is not used, but the port is ( or is to be) identified by its name, this
definition shall still apply |
Per
Hatch Per Day |
Laytime is to be calculated by multiplying the agreed daily
rate per hatch of loading / discharging the cargo by the number of the ship's hatches annd
dividing the quantity of cargo by the resultant sum.
Thus
Laytime = Quantity of Cargo
= Days
Daily
Rate x Number of Hatches
A hatch that is capable of being worked by two gangs
simultaneously shall be counted as two hatches. |
Per
Working Hatch Per Day or Per Workable Hatch Per Day |
Laytime is to be calculated by dividing the quantity of cargo
in the hold with the largest quantity by the result of multiplying the agreed daily rate
per working or workable hatch by the number of hatches serving that hold.
Thus
Laytime = Largest Quantity in One Hold = Days
Daily rate per hatch x Number of hatches serving
that hold
A hatch that is capable of being worked by two gangs simultaneously shall be
counted as two hatches. |
Reachable
on Arrival or Always Accessible |
The charterer undertakes that when the ship arrives at the
port there will be a loading and discharging berth for her to which she can proceed
without delay. |
Reversible |
An option given to the charterer to add together the time
allowed for loading and discharging. Where the option is exercised the effect is the same
as a total being specified to cover both operations |
Running
days or Consecutive Days |
Days which follow one immediately after the other. |
Safe
Port |
A port which, during the relevant period of time, the ship
can reach, enter, remain at and depart from without, in he absence of some abnormal
occurance, being exposed to danger which cannot be avoided by good navigation and
seamanship. |
Safe
Berth |
A berth which, during the relevant period of time, the ship
can reach, enter, remain at and depart from without, in he absence of some abnormal
occurance, being exposed to danger which cannot be avoided by good navigation and
seamanship. |
SHINC |
Saturday or Sunday Holidays included ( in Time ) |
Time
Lost Waiting For Berth to Count as Loading Discharging Time or
as Laytime |
If the main reason why a notice of
readiness cannot be given is that there is no loading /
discharging berth available to the ship the laytime will
continue to run, when the ship starts to wait for a berth and
will continue to run, unless previously exhausted until the ship
stops waiting.
The laytime exceptions apply to the waiting time as if the ship
was at the loading / discharging berth provided the ship is not
already on demurrage. When the waiting time ends time ceases to
count and restarts when the ship reaches the loading /
discharging berth subject to the giving of a notice of readiness
if one is required by the charter party, and to any notice time
if provided for in the charter party, unless the ship is by then
on demurrage. |
To
Average |
Separate calculations are to be made for loading and
discharging and any time saved in one operation is to be set
against and any excess time
used in the other. |
Unless
Used |
If work is carried out during the excepted days the actual
hours of work only counts at laytime. |
Working
Days |
Days of or part(s) thereof which are not expressly excluded
from laytime by the charter party and which are not holidays |
Weather
Working Day |
A working day or part of a working day during which it is or,
if the vessel is still waiting for her turn, it would be possible to load / discharge the
cargo without interference due to the weather. If such interference occurs ( or would have
occured if work had been in progress) there shall be excluded from the laytime a period
calculated by reference to the ratio which would have or could have been worked but for
that interference. |
Weather
Working Day of 24 Consecutive Hours |
A working day or part of a working day or 24 hours during
which it is or, if the ship is still waiting for her turn, it would be possible to load /
discharge the cargo without interference due to the weather. If such interference occurs (
or would have occured if work had been in progress ) there shall be excluded from the
laytime the period during which the weather interfered or would have interfered with the
work. |
Weather
Permitting |
Time during which weather prevents working shall not count as
laytime. |
Whether
in Berth OR Not or Berth NO Berth |
If the location named for loading / discharging is a berth and
if the berth is not immediately accessible to the ship a notice of readiness can be given
when the ship has arrived at the port in which the berth is situated. |
I
SB Port |
One safe berth or port |
International Charter
Party Terms - UK Edition