Key topics covered in the book include:
- The evolving nature of voyage charterparties
- Jurisdiction and choice of law clauses
- Legal issues relating to the preliminary voyage
- Duties of owners with particular reference to seaworthiness
- The cargo obligations of voyage charterers
- The concept of legally dangerous cargo
- Laytime and demurrage periods and interruptions to each
- Commencement of laytime and notice of readiness
- Laytime and demurrage clauses in interntional sales contracts
- Bills of lading issued under voyage charters
- Bills of lading under European national laws
- Comparative developments in US law
- Deviation
- Cancellation clauses and repudiatory breach
- Frustration of voyage charters