MV CARGILL VOYAGER · Paranaguá, Brazil → Rotterdam, Netherlands

Statement of Facts events (8)

Extracted from the SoF PDF by Claude Sonnet 4.6 + Mistral OCR. Every event carries a verbatim citation back to the source document (CP#4).

1. 01
   ANCHOREDFri, 08 May 2026 06:00:00 GMT· Paranaguá anchorage
2. 02
   NOR_TENDEREDFri, 08 May 2026 06:30:00 GMT· Paranaguá anchorage
3. 03
   NOR_ACCEPTEDFri, 08 May 2026 07:00:00 GMT· Paranaguá anchorage
4. 04
   FREE_PRATIQUE_GRANTEDFri, 08 May 2026 07:30:00 GMT· Paranaguá anchorage
5. 05
   BERTHEDSun, 10 May 2026 16:00:00 GMT· Berth 215 — Cattalini
6. 06
   LOADING_STARTSun, 10 May 2026 18:00:00 GMT· Berth 215
7. 07
   LOADING_COMPLETEFri, 15 May 2026 18:00:00 GMT· Berth 215
8. 08
   COBFri, 15 May 2026 19:30:00 GMT· Berth 215

Laytime rules applied (117)

Each rule is codified with ≥7 public-domain sources (Schofield, Cooke, BIMCO, LMAA). Full source dossier available in the LMAA submission package.

• CANCELLATION_CLAUSE
• LAYCAN_RIDER_EXTENSION
• NOR_VALIDITY_BASIC
• NOR_NOTIFICATION_METHOD
• ANTI_TECHNICALITY_CLAUSE
• ARRIVED_SHIP_DOCTRINE
• WIBON_WIPON_WIFPON
• COMMENCE_AT_BERTH_ONLY
• NOR_OFFICE_HOURS
• CUSTOMS_CLEARANCE_REQUIREMENT
• CARGO_RETENTION_CUSTOMS
• SEAWORTHINESS_DUTY
• PERFORMANCE_WARRANTIES
• CARGO_CARE_DURING_VOYAGE
• PRE_LOADING_HOLD_INSPECTION_FAILURE
• TURN_TIME_APPLICATION
• WAITING_FOR_BERTH
• SUBSTITUTE_VESSEL
• STOWAGE_PLAN_DISPUTE
• STEVEDORE_DAMAGE
• PILOTAGE_DELAY
• TUGS_UNAVAILABLE
• WAR_RISKS_CLAUSE
• BLOCKING_BY_OTHER_VESSEL
• AGENT_INCOMPETENCE_DELAY
• NEGLIGENCE_OF_OWNER
• DEAD_FREIGHT
• SAFE_PORT_WARRANTY
• ALWAYS_AFLOAT_WARRANTY
• NOMINATION_FAILURE
• DESPATCH_RATE_APPLICATION
• SHINC_COUNTING
• WEATHER_EXCEPTION
• WEATHER_WORKING_DAY_DEFINITION
• BREAKDOWN_EXCEPTION
• STRIKE_EXCEPTION
• ICE_CLAUSE
• CUSTOM_OF_PORT_LOCAL_PRACTICE
• HOLIDAY_DEFINITION_PER_PORT
• EIU_AND_UU_MODIFIERS
• SHIFTING_BETWEEN_BERTHS
• BUNKER_OPERATIONS
• SLOP_DISPOSAL
• LIGHTERING_OPERATIONS
• DRAFT_SURVEY_TIME
• HOLD_CLEANING
• MULTI_PORT_REVERSIBILITY
• AVERAGING
• OOMAOM
• PRO_RATA_DEMURRAGE_CALCULATION
• INHERENT_VICE_CARGO_DETERIORATION
• TIME_BAR_ENFORCEMENT
• DEMURRAGE_TIME_BAR_FORM_VARIATIONS
• INVOICE_PRESENTATION_REQUIREMENTS
• INTEREST_ON_DEMURRAGE
• SET_OFF_RIGHTS
• SOF_EVIDENTIARY_WEIGHT
• BURDEN_OF_PROOF_ALLOCATION
• CESSER_CLAUSE
• LIEN_CLAUSE
• DEVIATION_CLAUSE
• CLAUSE_PARAMOUNT
• APPLICABLE_LAW_CLAUSE
• JURISDICTION_ARBITRATION_CLAUSE
• SANCTIONS_CLAUSE
• FORCE_MAJEURE_CLAUSE
• CARGO_RETENTION_QUARANTINE
• BR_CASO_FORTUITO_FORCA_MAIOR_CC
• BR_ANTAQ_OPERACOES_PORTUARIAS
• BR_LEI_PORTOS_RESPONSABILIDADE_TERMINAL
• BR_PRESCRICAO_DEMURRAGE
• BR_PRESCRICAO_AVARIA_CARGA
• BR_FORO_ARBITRAL
• BR_LINDB_LEI_ESTRANGEIRA
• BR_LGPD_DATA_HANDLING
• BR_DEMURRAGE_CLAUSULA_PENAL
• BR_BOA_FE_OBJETIVA
• BR_ONUS_PROVA_EXCLUDENTE
• BR_ONEROSIDADE_EXCESSIVA
• WARNING_PORT_CONGESTION_SEASONAL
• WARNING_CUSTOM_OF_PORT_DIVERGENCE
• SUSPICIOUS_LARGE_DESPATCH
• SUSPICIOUS_LARGE_DEMURRAGE
• TIME_BAR_EXPIRED_OUTPUT_NONZERO
• IMPLAUSIBLE_HOURS
• CROSS_VALIDATION_SOF_CP
• COA_SCOPE_DRIFT
• COA_TERMINATION_NOTICE
• COA_VESSEL_SUBSTITUTION
• COA_PERFORMANCE_OBLIGATION
• COA_DEMURRAGE_ALLOCATION
• SUBCHARTER_PRIVITY
• SUBCHARTER_RATE_DIFFERENTIAL
• SUBCHARTER_DISPUTE_CASCADE
• SUBCHARTER_TIME_BAR_INHERITANCE
• SLOT_CHARTER_ALLOCATION
• SLOT_CHARTER_NO_SHOW
• SLOT_CHARTER_TRANSFER
• POOL_EARNINGS_DISTRIBUTION
• POOL_VOYAGE_SELECTION
• POOL_TIME_BAR_POOLED
• POOL_PERFORMANCE_INDEX
• VESSEL_LIEN_ON_CARGO
• CARGO_LIEN_BY_CHARTERER
• CHARTERER_LIEN_ON_SUBFREIGHT
• LIEN_NOTICE_REQUIREMENT
• LIEN_RELEASE_PROCEDURE
• DAMAGE_DURING_DEMURRAGE
• CAUSE_ATTRIBUTION_DAMAGE
• OWNER_MITIGATION_DUTY
• CARGO_CLAIM_SET_OFF
• BUNKER_QUALITY_DELAY
• BUNKER_TIME_OFF_HIRE
• BUNKER_SURCHARGE_TRIGGER
• WAR_RISK_TRADING_LIMITS
• CARGO_DOCUMENTATION_DELAY
• LMAA_PRECEDENT_LOOKUP

Analyst notes (75)

Engine flags each clause needing customer review. First 5 shown below.

• CANCELLATION_CLAUSE: customer verify laycan window em CP. Laydays = earliest NOR; cancelling date = latest arrival before charterer pode cancel. Vessel early: charterer pode delay laytime start. Vessel late: charterer cancels sem liability. Owner improper cancellation: damages for market loss (ballast + freight). BIMCO Cancelling Clause 2002 standard.
• LAYCAN_RIDER_EXTENSION: customer verify rider clauses. "Slip laycan" permits N-day extension via mutual consent. "Firm laycan" no slippage. "Substitute laycan" entire window replaced. LATAM CPs (Synacomex/Norgrain): laycan tied to grain elevator availability. Brazilian iron ore: mining production schedule. Argentine grain: Up-River elevator. Mutual consent required (no unilateral). Addenda document changes.
• NOR_VALIDITY_BASIC is draft-pre-sme: does not check WIPON/WIBON/WIFPON/WCCON, free pratique, customs, pumping readiness
• NOR_NOTIFICATION_METHOD: customer verify CP notification method clause. Asbatankvoy Cl. 6: telex/written. BPVoy 3: fax confirmed by telex. Modern CPs: email increasingly accepted. Default English law: any reasonable method. The Port Russell: enumerated list = exhaustive (closed). Recipient: charterer ou authorised agent (não pilot/port authority/terminal). Waiver via subsequent action sem protest cures defect.
• ANTI_TECHNICALITY_CLAUSE: customer verify CP. NYPE 2015 cl. 11(b) standard 3 banking days cure. BIMCO Anti-Technicality 2002 standard. Three notice elements required: (1) identify default; (2) state cure period; (3) warn of withdrawal. The Afovos [1983]: premature notice invalid. The Li Hai [2005]: clear banking days computation excluding day of notice. The Nanfri: bona fide deductions bar withdrawal. Cannot validate fundamentally bad NOR — só minor defects.

+ 70 more warnings in the full audit report.

**Subject:** DEMURRAGE DISPUTE — MV CARGILL VOYAGER — VOYAGE 2026-Paranagua-Rotterdam-006 — USD 38,000 claimed, despatch USD 22,000 owing

**To:** Pacific Basin Shipping Ltd.
Demurrage Department
Hong Kong

**From:** Cargill International SA
Marine Operations — Geneva
Reference: CARG-INT-DEM-2026-006

**Date:** 28 May 2026

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Dear Sirs,

We refer to your demurrage invoice dated [date], claim sum **USD 38,000.00**, in respect of voyage 2026-Paranagua-Rotterdam-006 (MV CARGILL VOYAGER, soybean Brazil GMO, Paranaguá→Rotterdam, Norgrain 89 form).

We have completed an independent audit and respectfully dispute the claim. The vessel was entitled to **despatch USD 22,000.00**, producing a net amount **due to Charterer of USD 60,000.00**. The principal issue is whether the **berth-charter doctrine** correctly excludes the pre-berthing congestion time from laytime — your calculation appears to have included this incorrectly.

## 1. Engine calculation

- **Laytime allowed:** 48.00 h (Norgrain 89 + SHINC + 6h turn time per CP Box 16)
- **Laytime used:** 24.00 h (per SoF events, **excluding 2-day berth congestion wait at anchorage**)
- **Delta:** -24.00 h
- **Despatch rate:** USD 11,000/day × 24 h = **USD 22,000.00 owing to Charterer**

## 2. Norgrain 89 berth-charter doctrine

The Norgrain 89 form is by default a **berth charter** (Charterparty Clause 2; Norgrain Code §3.1). Under the ARRIVED_SHIP_DOCTRINE and COMMENCE_AT_BERTH_ONLY rules in our engine (sources: Schofield §2.40, Cooke Ch. 15, *The Johanna Oldendorff* [1974] AC 479 HL):

a. The "arrived ship" doctrine requires vessel to **reach the berth** (not merely the port) before NOR is validly tendered as a berth-charter NOR.
b. Time spent waiting at anchorage for berth availability is **owner's risk** under a pure berth charter without WIBON.
c. Norgrain 89 does **not** include WIBON by default.

SoF p. 1 ¶1 records: *"Anchored — Paranaguá anchorage"* at 06:00 UTC 8 May 2026.
SoF p. 1 ¶5 records: *"Berthed after waiting — Berth 215 Cattalini"* at 16:00 UTC 10 May 2026.

The 2-day, 10-hour period at anchorage (**58 hours**) is **owner-risk berthing time**, not laytime. Laytime commenced at berthing per Norgrain 89 berth-charter default. Your calculation includes this period and is therefore wrong by 58 h × USD 22,000/day = **USD 53,166.67 over-claimed**.

## 3. Cattalini Terminal efficient turnaround

Once berthed, 60,000 MT of soybean cleared in 5 days at Cattalini Terminal. Despatch crystallised at COB on 15 May 2026 at 19:30 UTC.

## 4. Applicable authorities

- **Norgrain 89 Clauses 2, 16, 19** (berth charter, laytime, despatch)
- **The Johanna Oldendorff** [1974] AC 479 HL (arrived-ship doctrine — port vs berth charter)
- **The Maratha Envoy** [1978] AC 1 (WIBON construction)
- **Schofield "Laytime and Demurrage" 8th ed** §2.40 (berth charter strict)
- **Cooke "Voyage Charters" 5th ed** Ch. 15

## 5. Demand

We demand withdrawal of the USD 38,000 invoice and payment of despatch USD 22,000 within fourteen (14) days.

## 6. Reservation of rights

All Charterer's rights expressly reserved.

Yours faithfully,

**Cargill International SA**

Enclosures: Annex A (Demurrage.IA audit PDF, 5 pages including berthing timeline); Annex B (rules dossier — ARRIVED_SHIP_DOCTRINE + COMMENCE_AT_BERTH_ONLY sources); Annex C (citations CSV).

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