AMWELSH 93AMWELSH93-RIDER
AMWELSH 93 — Agreed excepted periods, exceptions and strikes
An excepted period the parties agreed and logged is excluded from laytime and cited to their own agreement. The form's exceptions (Clause 8) and strikes (Clause…
Laytime & Demurrage Knowledge Base
Plain-language reference to the GENCON 94, ASBATANKVOY, GENCON 2022 and AMWELSH 93 clauses the LayGrounded engine computes against, and to what it does with each — free and open to everyone.
AMWELSH 93AMWELSH93-10
AMWELSH 93 Clause 10 — Demurrage and despatch
Clause 10 sets demurrage at the agreed daily rate, prorated for part of a day. Once the vessel is on demurrage the time runs without a break, apart from the mov…
AMWELSH 93AMWELSH93-15
AMWELSH 93 Clause 15 — Shifting between berths
Where the parties agreed more than one berth, Clause 15 puts the cost of moving between them on the charterers and lets the time run. LayGrounded treats any shi…
AMWELSH 93AMWELSH93-6(a)
AMWELSH 93 Clause 6(a) — Notice of Readiness, and when laytime starts
Clause 6(a) limits when the notice may be given: 08.00 to 17.00 on weekdays and 08.00 to noon on Saturdays, in the port's local time. Laytime then starts a set …
AMWELSH 93AMWELSH93-6(c)
AMWELSH 93 Clause 6(c) — The move into the berth does not count
Under Clause 6(c), from the moment a berth is free until the vessel is in it, the clock stops, whether she is still on laytime or already on demurrage, and the …
AMWELSH 93AMWELSH93-7
AMWELSH 93 Clause 7 — Laytime and the weather
Clause 7 counts laytime in days of 24 consecutive hours, with Sundays and holidays excepted or included as the parties chose, and makes the laytime itself subje…
AMWELSH 93AMWELSH93-7(c)
AMWELSH 93 Clause 7(c) — Cargo worked in excepted time
Clause 7(c) treats cargo work done in an excepted period as used laytime. Clause 12(b) treats overtime in those periods differently depending on who ordered it,…
ASBATANKVOYASBA-RIDER
ASBATANKVOY — despatch rests on the rider
The printed ASBATANKVOY form makes no provision for despatch. Where the parties agreed a despatch rate in their own terms, LayGrounded pays it on the laytime sa…
ASBATANKVOYASBA-II-6
ASBATANKVOY Part II Clause 6 — NOR and Commencement of Laytime
Under ASBATANKVOY, laytime commences six hours after a valid NOR is tendered, or on the vessel berthing, whichever is earlier. Berthing before the six hours ela…
ASBATANKVOYASBA-II-7
ASBATANKVOY Part II Clause 7 — Hours for Loading and Discharging (Running Hours)
Tanker laytime under ASBATANKVOY runs on "running hours" — laytime is continuous once commenced and, unlike weather-working-day regimes, weather does not stop t…
ASBATANKVOYASBA-II-8
ASBATANKVOY Part II Clause 8 — Demurrage, and the half rate
Demurrage runs per running hour at the agreed rate, in proportion for part of an hour. Clause 8 halves the rate for demurrage caused by a list of events, of whi…
GENCON 2022GENCON22-RIDER
GENCON 2022 — agreed exceptions rest on the rider
GENCON 2022 has no general exceptions clause: GENCON 94's Clause 7 list has no counterpart, and Clause 17 covers strikes alone. An agreed excepted period on a G…
GENCON 2022GENCON22-10
GENCON 2022 Clause 10 — Laytime
Laytime is the allowance the parties agreed. Clause 10(a) restates the days basis: on SHINC terms Sundays and holidays count; on SHEX terms they are excepted un…
GENCON 2022GENCON22-10(a)
GENCON 2022 Clause 10(a) — Sundays and holidays, unless used
On SHEX terms a Sunday or holiday is excepted from laytime, but time actually used on that day counts. The engine treats this exactly as GENCON 94's SHEX unless…
GENCON 2022GENCON22-10(b)
GENCON 2022 Clause 10(b) — Weather
Laytime runs except to the extent that loading or discharging is actually delayed or prevented by weather. This is a rule of the form, not of the days basis: a …
GENCON 2022GENCON22-11
GENCON 2022 Clause 11 — Commencement of Laytime
Laytime commences at the earlier of the start of cargo operations and a clock rule keyed to the notice: 14.00 the same day where the notice was tendered up to a…
GENCON 2022GENCON22-12(a)
GENCON 2022 Clause 12(a) — Shifting
Time used shifting between berths within the port counts as laytime, or as time on demurrage if the vessel is already on demurrage, unless the shift is for the …
GENCON 2022GENCON22-13(a)
GENCON 2022 Clause 13(a) — Despatch
Despatch is payable at half the demurrage rate on all laytime saved. Where the parties agreed a despatch rate the agreed rate applies instead; LayGrounded recor…
GENCON 2022GENCON22-13(b)
GENCON 2022 Clause 13(b) — Demurrage, and the absence of a time bar
Demurrage falls due day by day and is payable on the owners' invoice. Once on demurrage it runs continuously, save to the extent that time is lost to the charte…
GENCON 2022GENCON22-9
GENCON 2022 Clause 9 — Notice of Readiness
Notice of Readiness is tendered when the vessel has arrived and is ready to load or discharge. Under GENCON 2022 the notice does not start a turn time: when lay…
GENCON 94GENCON94-RIDER
GENCON 94 — agreed exceptions rest on the rider
An excepted period the parties agreed for the voyage and logged in the Statement of Facts is excluded from laytime on every days basis, SHINC included. The prin…
GENCON 94GENCON94-6
GENCON 94 Clause 6 — Laytime
Clause 6 sets the time allowed for loading and discharging and the days basis the parties choose: which days count, and whether weather that prevents work stops…
GENCON 94GENCON94-6c
GENCON 94 Clause 6(c) — NOR at Anchorage (WIBON / WIPON)
Where a berth is unavailable, "Whether In Berth Or Not" (WIBON) lets a valid NOR be tendered from the usual waiting place; time then counts subject to the chart…
GENCON 94GENCON94-7
GENCON 94 Clause 7 — Demurrage
Clause 7 provides for demurrage at the agreed daily rate, in proportion for part of a day, once the laytime allowed is used up. Once on demurrage, time counts c…
GENCON 94GENCON94-8
GENCON 94 demurrage and despatch (printed Clause 7; labelled Clause 8 by rule sets 1 and 2)
Rule sets 1 and 2 cite demurrage as GENCON94-8. In the printed form Clause 8 is the lien clause and demurrage is Clause 7, which rule set 3 cites. The rule is t…
GENCON 94GENCON94-7(c)
SHEX — Sundays and holidays excepted (GENCON 94 Clause 6)
On a SHEX basis, Sundays and holidays are excepted from laytime, counted in the port's local time; holidays come from the port's calendar where one is set. By d…
GENCON 94GENCON94-7(d)
SHEX unless used (GENCON 94 Clause 6)
Under SHEX unless used, Sundays and holidays are excepted, but time actually worked on them counts as laytime. By default LayGrounded counts the time during whi…
GENCON 94GENCON94-7(b)
SHINC — Sundays and holidays included (GENCON 94 Clause 6)
On a SHINC basis, Sundays and holidays count as laytime like any other time. An exception the parties agreed for the voyage still stops laytime on SHINC terms (…
Concepts
Demurrage and Despatch
Demurrage is liquidated damages the charterer pays the owner for exceeding the allowed laytime; despatch is a reward, usually half the demurrage rate, for compl…
Concepts
Laytime
Laytime is the period the charterer is allowed, free of freight, to load or discharge the cargo. How it is counted — the days basis, exceptions, and NOR regime …
Concepts
Notice of Readiness (NOR)
A Notice of Readiness is the master's formal notice that the vessel has arrived and is ready in all respects to load or discharge. A valid, accepted NOR is the …
Concepts
Turn Time
Turn time is an agreed grace period between an accepted NOR and the start of laytime, reflecting the customary time to make ready. It is deducted before laytime…
Concepts
Weather Working Day (WWD)
A weather working day is a day (or part-day) on which work would normally proceed were it not prevented by weather. Under weather-working bases, time lost to we…
Concepts
WIBON — Whether In Berth Or Not
WIBON allows a valid NOR to be given from the usual waiting place when no berth is available, so waiting time can count against laytime. Related variants includ…