装卸港口和安全港口

Andrew Smith法官否认了该书表达的观点，其认为该种建议和看法会产生不必要的不确定因素，而这也不是合同双方制订合同的真实意思表示，其认为承租人依据4(c)款，在指示港口之后没有改变指示更改装卸港的权利。

法官进一步指出，毫无限制的赋予改变指令的权利会带来不良的影响，尤其当租约规定了不同的备选港口，而港口之间彼此有相当距离时，如无明文规定，当事人不应被理解为在合同约定时意图赋予承租人该权利。

此外，Andrew Smith法官还从另一方面说明了问题，其说明4(a)款规定了承租人应在离开上一个卸港前24小时或离开中途燃油港前24小时指示装港，即使4(c)款赋予承租人改港的权利，其也受4(a)款规定的时间限制的约束，而不仅仅是Voyage Charters 一书中提到的受区间限制的约束。在本案中，明显的，船东接受了承租人一个过迟的航次指示，但这并不妨碍船东对于其后航次变更时以“timing”（做出指示的时间）不对为由而反对。

2） 第4(c)款不仅适用于因绕航产生的损失

对于4(c)款下船东方的赔偿责任，合同双方就合同解释的方式（应宽泛的解释还是严格的解释）有很大的分歧，法官支持了船东方的观点。法官认为，依据4(c)款，承租人应赔偿船东方在Ras Tanura加燃油的额外费用，这是因为该费用是直接因承租人的指示的变更而引起的，双方在合同签订时，也应可以预计到装港的变更可能会导致潜在的燃油安排的变更及燃油费用的不同。4(c)款制订的意图是约定因航次变更所遭受的所有费用和损失由承租人承担。

法官最终认为，无论是从该条款本身的用词，还是从商业角度来看，均不能得出其损失赔偿范围仅限于“绕航”的结论。按照合理的合约解释，赔偿范围应当是原来航次的费用与改变后航次的费用之差。 3） 赔偿的数额

鉴于第4(c)款的用词是“因任何改变而产生” 的额外费用，因此，赔偿的数额应当是原计划的航次所需的费用与改变后航次所实际发生的费用之差。

船东方没有索赔承租人其他违约损害赔偿，这是因为4(c)款已就承租人的赔偿责任做出了全部的约定。

7. 指定的装卸地点无法装卸货后承租人的指定权

讨论该问题前提是租约未赋予承租人改港的权利。如果在指定时该装卸地点就实际无法执行（impossibility）或非法（illegal），则承租人有义务重新指定。但如在指示时该指定的地点合法、没有无法执行等问题，则承租人其后是否有义务、权利重新指定存在不确定性。可能的理解是，就装货地点，如果出现此问题，合同未约定船舶可到达附近安全地点（so near thereto as she may safely get），而双方也没有达成新的合意，则租约受阻（frustration）；但对于卸货地点的，如果出现此问题，由于船舶载货，情况可能相对复杂。

8. SHELLVOY5 PART II - CLAUSE 4 Berth

4. Charterers shall exercise due diligence to order the vessel only to ports and berths which are safe for the vessel and to ensure that transhipment operations conform to standards not less than those set out in the latest edition of ICS/OCIMF Ship-to-Ship Transfer Guide (Petroleum). Notwithstanding anything contained in this charter, Charterers do not warrant the safety of any port, berth or transhipment operation and Charterers shall not be liable for loss or damage arising from any unsafety if they can prove that due diligence was exercised in the giving of the order, or if such loss or damage was caused by an act of war or civil commotion within the trading areas defined in Part 1 (D/E).

SHELLVOY5 PART II - CLAUSE 26

Charterers26. (1) If, after loading and/or discharging ports have been nominated, ’ orders / Charterers wish to vary such nominations or their rotation, Charterers Change of may give revised orders subject to Part I(D) and/or (E), as the case may orders / be. Charterers shall reimburse Owners at the demurrage rate provided in Part cargo Part I(J) for any deviation or delay which may result therefrom and shall transshipmpay at replacement price for any extra bunkers consumed. ent

Charterers shall not be liable for any other loss or expense which is caused by such variation unless promptly on receipt of the revised orders Owners notify Charterers of the expectation of such loss or expense in which case, unless Charterers promptly revoke such orders, Charterers shall be liable to reimburse Owners for any such loss or expense proven.

(2) Subject to Clause 33(6), Charterers may order the vessel to load and/or

discharge any part of the cargo by transhipment at sea in the vicinity of any nominated port or en route between two nominated ports, in which case Charterers shall reimburse Owners at the demurrage rate specified in Part I(J) for any additional steaming time and/or delay which may be incurred as a consequence of proceeding to and from the location at sea of such transhipment and, in addition, Charterers shall pay at replacement price for any extra bunkers consumed.