Bunkers: the legal, the technical and the practical.


A full-scale review of bunker-related issues formed the basis for this year’s UK Defence Club seminar – “Bunkers: the legal, the technical and the practical” – held in the Galaxy Room of the Athens Hilton on Thursday 6th October. The event was very well supported by the H1 membership who heard from Alexandra Couvadelli, Marc Jackson and Rod Lingard of H1.


Alexandra summarised the legal issues by focusing on the ownership of the bunkers, the legal nature of the charterer’s liability, how to evaluate “fitness for purpose” and how bunker supply contracts may affect a shipowner’s position.


Marc led the audience through several examples of the sorts of claims that can arise,


ranging from the discovery that the stemmed bunkers are off spec, when the ship’s manifold samples are tested, to incidents where the samples tested are on spec but engine problems arise at a later stage.


Rod drew on his Mariner’s experience to remind listeners about the virtues of meticulous record keeping and of diligent


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Hellas HiLights November 2011


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