Chapter 1. Standard Forms- The BIMCO Experience Chapter 2. Construing Terms in Time Charterparties- Beginning of a New Era or Business as Usual Chapter 3. Ascertaining the Charter Period Chapter 4. Safe Port Clauses Chapter 5. Seaworthiness and the Hong Kong Fir Decision Chapter 6. Indemnities in Time Charters Chapter 7. Time Charterparty Hire: Issues Relating to Contractual Remedies for Default and Off-Hire Clauses Chapter 8. Assignees of Hire: How Far Can They Ignore Charterer's Claims Against Owners Chapter 9. Time Charterparties and Bills of Lading Chapter 10. Clauses Paramount in Time Charters Chapter 11. War, Terror, Piracy and Frustration in a Time Charter Context Chapter 12. Termination of Rights under Time Charters Chapter 13. The Allocation of Cargo Claims Between Owners and Charterers in Nype Charterparties Chapter 14. Containerisation, Slot Charters, and the Law Chapter 15. Damages for Breach of Time Charter: Some Recent Developments Chapter 16. The Effectiveness of Liens as a Self-Help Remedy
Professor D.Rhidian Thomas is Emeritus Professor of Maritime Law at Swansea University and the Founding Director of the Institute of International Shipping and Trade Law.