MT SHELL ATLAS · Rotterdam, Netherlands → Yokohama, Japan

Statement of Facts events (12)

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
   NOR_TENDEREDMon, 06 Apr 2026 22:00:00 GMT· Yokohama OPL
2. 02
   NOR_ACCEPTEDMon, 06 Apr 2026 22:30:00 GMT· Yokohama OPL
3. 03
   FREE_PRATIQUE_GRANTEDMon, 06 Apr 2026 23:00:00 GMT· Yokohama
4. 04
   PUMPING_READYTue, 07 Apr 2026 06:00:00 GMT· Yokohama
5. 05
   BERTHEDTue, 07 Apr 2026 10:00:00 GMT· Berth 7 — JX Terminal
6. 06
   DISCHARGE_STARTTue, 07 Apr 2026 12:00:00 GMT· Berth 7
7. 07
   BREAKDOWN_STARTThu, 09 Apr 2026 04:00:00 GMT· Berth 7
8. 08
   DISCHARGE_STOPThu, 09 Apr 2026 04:00:00 GMT· Berth 7
9. 09
   BREAKDOWN_ENDThu, 09 Apr 2026 18:00:00 GMT· Berth 7
10. 10
    DISCHARGE_STARTThu, 09 Apr 2026 18:00:00 GMT· Berth 7
11. 11
    DISCHARGE_COMPLETESun, 12 Apr 2026 08:00:00 GMT· Berth 7
12. 12
    COBSun, 12 Apr 2026 10:00:00 GMT· Berth 7

Laytime rules applied (110)

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
• FREE_PRATIQUE_REQUIREMENT
• CUSTOMS_CLEARANCE_REQUIREMENT
• CARGO_RETENTION_CUSTOMS
• BALLAST_COMPLETE_REQUIREMENT
• SEAWORTHINESS_DUTY
• PERFORMANCE_WARRANTIES
• CARGO_CARE_DURING_VOYAGE
• TURN_TIME_APPLICATION
• WAITING_FOR_BERTH
• SLOPS_RECEPTION_OBLIGATION
• 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
• PUMPING_PRESSURE_WARRANTY
• PUMPING_LOG_VERIFICATION
• HOLIDAY_DEFINITION_PER_PORT
• EIU_AND_UU_MODIFIERS
• SHIFTING_BETWEEN_BERTHS
• BUNKER_OPERATIONS
• SLOP_DISPOSAL
• LIGHTERING_OPERATIONS
• HOLD_CLEANING
• CARGO_HEATING_DELAY
• CARGO_SAMPLING_TIME
• MULTI_PORT_REVERSIBILITY
• AVERAGING
• INHERENT_VICE_CARGO_DETERIORATION
• TIME_BAR_ENFORCEMENT
• DEMURRAGE_TIME_BAR_FORM_VARIATIONS
• INVOICE_PRESENTATION_REQUIREMENTS
• 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_FORO_ARBITRAL
• BR_LINDB_LEI_ESTRANGEIRA
• BR_LGPD_DATA_HANDLING
• 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 (60)

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.

+ 55 more warnings in the full audit report.

**Subject:** DEMURRAGE DISPUTE — MT SHELL ATLAS — VOYAGE 2026-Rotterdam-Yokohama-008 — USD 125,000 claimed, OWNER-FAULT pump breakdown excludes laytime

**To:** Frontline Ltd.
Demurrage Department
Hamilton, Bermuda

**From:** Shell International Trading and Shipping Company Ltd.
Marine Claims — London
Reference: STASCO-DEM-2026-008

**Date:** 28 May 2026

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Dear Sirs,

We refer to your demurrage invoice dated [date], claim sum **USD 125,000.00**, in respect of voyage 2026-Rotterdam-Yokohama-008 (MT SHELL ATLAS, naphtha, Rotterdam→Yokohama, Shellvoy 6 form).

We have completed an independent audit and respectfully dispute the claim. The principal issue is the **14-hour vessel pump breakdown** during discharge — an **owner-fault event** which under English law (*The Solholt* [1981]) cannot count against Charterer. The audit determined Charterer is entitled to **despatch USD 76,000.00**.

## 1. Engine calculation

- **Laytime allowed:** 96.00 h (Shellvoy 6 Part II + SHINC)
- **Laytime used:** 48.00 h (per SoF, excluding 14h owner-fault pump breakdown)
- **Delta:** -48.00 h (vessel completed 2 days early excluding breakdown)
- **Despatch rate:** USD 19,000/day × 48 h = **USD 76,000.00 owing to Charterer**

## 2. The pump breakdown is owner-fault

SoF p. 1 ¶7 records: *"Pump #2 breakdown — pressure dropped below warranty"* at 04:00 UTC on 9 April 2026.
SoF p. 1 ¶8 records: *"Discharge stopped"* same time.
SoF p. 1 ¶9 records: *"Pump repaired"* at 18:00 UTC the same day — total **14 hours**.

This is an owner-fault event under multiple authorities:

- **Shellvoy 6 Part II Clause 14** (pumping warranty: vessel to discharge full cargo within 24 hours at 100 psi sustained pressure). Vessel pump pressure **dropped below warranty** per SoF — Owner is in breach.
- **The Solholt** [1981]: Owner cannot benefit from own breach. Time lost to Owner's vessel equipment failure does not count as laytime.
- **The Tres Flores** and **The Linardos**: vessel must be "ready in all material respects" — pump capability is a material respect.
- **NEGLIGENCE_OF_OWNER rule** in our engine, with 7 public-domain sources documented (Schofield §5.40, Cooke Ch. 16, Hague-Visby Art III r.1, plus 4 LMAA awards).

The pump breakdown is therefore **excluded from laytime**. Your calculation includes the 14 hours and is wrong by 14 h × USD 38,000/day = **USD 22,166.67 over-claimed on the pump breakdown alone**.

## 3. Pumping log verification

Per Shellvoy 6 Part II Clause 14 (pumping warranty) and the **PUMPING_LOG_VERIFICATION rule** in our engine (with 11 logic steps and 9 edge cases codified from Schofield §5.30, Cooke Ch. 16, INTERTANKO Pumping Performance Guidelines, and LMAA awards):

a. Discharge duration **exceeded 24 hours** (7 April 12:00 to 12 April 08:00 UTC = ~116 h with the 14h breakdown).
b. Pumping log production is **a condition precedent** to Owner's demurrage claim under the pumping warranty.
c. The log must demonstrate sustained 100 psi at vessel manifold OR document shore restriction (back-pressure, line-up, tank-top) as the cause.

Please produce the **fully signed pumping log** (Master + terminal countersignature) within 7 days; absent the log or with the log demonstrating sustained sub-100-psi without shore restriction, the additional time claim is barred per Shellvoy 6 strict construction.

## 4. Applicable authorities

- **Shellvoy 6 Part II Clauses 14, 18, 24** (pumping warranty, time bar, arbitration)
- **The Solholt** [1981] (own-breach principle)
- **The Tres Flores** (vessel readiness)
- **The Linardos** (NOR validity and material readiness)
- **The Darrah** [1976] 2 Lloyd's Rep 359 ("once on demurrage" — not yet engaged here)
- **Schofield "Laytime and Demurrage" 8th ed** §5.30, §5.40
- **Cooke "Voyage Charters" 5th ed** Ch. 16
- **INTERTANKO Pumping Performance Guidelines**

## 5. Demand

We demand:

1. **Withdrawal** of your demurrage invoice in the sum of USD 125,000.00;
2. **Production** of the fully signed pumping log within 7 days; and
3. **Payment** to Charterer of despatch **USD 76,000.00** within **fourteen (14) days** from this letter.

Failing which Charterer reserves the right to commence LMAA arbitration in London under Shellvoy 6 Clause 24.

## 6. Reservation of rights

All Charterer's rights and remedies expressly reserved including:
- Interest at the LMAA published rate (currency-matched, *The Wisdom C* [2014] EWHC 1884);
- Costs in any subsequent arbitration;
- Cross-claim for additional ship-side damages if pumping log review reveals further breach of warranty.

Yours faithfully,

**Shell International Trading and Shipping Company Ltd.**

Enclosures: Annex A (Demurrage.IA audit PDF, 6 pages including pump breakdown timeline); Annex B (rules dossier — NEGLIGENCE_OF_OWNER + PUMPING_PRESSURE_WARRANTY + PUMPING_LOG_VERIFICATION sources); Annex C (citations CSV).

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