Charterers' Liability Cover - UK P&I Members Area
Charterers' Liability Cover - UK P&I Members Area
Charterers' Liability Cover - UK P&I Members Area
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8Flexible optionsCharterers’ BunkersAs a charterer you risk sustaining your own losseswhere an accident is serious enough to cause lossof the ships bunkers. You may therefore want toinclude in your cover protection for loss of ordamage to charterers’ bunkers reasonably attributableto fire or explosion, stranding, grounding, sinkingor capsizing of the entered ship, or to collision ofthe entered ship with any external object.This cover is based on Institute clauses includingthe relevant Wars and Strikes Clauses and availableup to a limit of US$2 million any accident oroccurrence.Charterers’ FreightThis cover is provided under the Institute Time orVoyage Clauses Freight (1.11.95) for up to US$5million any one accident or occurrence. <strong>Cover</strong> canbe obtained for all risks or as total loss only, butincluding salvage charges and sue and labour.Blocking and TrappingIf a charterer should be caught by a closure orrestriction of navigation within his declaredtrading area, the daily time charter hire paymentscan be recovered under this cover.Passenger Ships Special RisksThe cover available to owner <strong>Members</strong> in respectof additional risks arising from passenger canalso be included in a charterer’s package.Such risks include loss of effects, liabilities topassengers arising away from the ship such asadditional compensation and legal costs.Further information on special passengerrelated risks can be obtained from your normalunderwriting contact.Causes of such delay or detention can includebreakdown of locks or seaway equipment,blockage by sunken or stranded objects or ice, andstrikes or stoppages by any personnel essential tothe transit of a seaway. The cover can also beextended to include additional expenses incurredin re-routing ships to avoid such a delay.Further assistanceThe <strong>UK</strong> P&I Club will be pleased to provide youor your broker with further information on howthe Club’s charterers’ covers can be tailored to thespecific needs of your current charter fleet.Either you or your broker are welcome to contactthe underwriting department in London directly.The direct contact details of all individualunderwriters are listed in the “Making Contact”section of the <strong>UK</strong> P&I Club website –www.ukpandi.com. That website enables you toidentify the individual underwriter specialising inyour particular area.The underwriting department can be contacted byfax at +44 20 7621 9761 or by email atunderwriting.ukclub@thomasmiller.com.Alternatively, the Club’s managers and agents canbe contacted at the numbers provided at the footof this brochure for more information.If you require more general information on the<strong>UK</strong> P&I Club, the Club’s marketing departmentwould welcome your enquiry. Contact NickWhitear (nick.whitear@thomasmiller.com) orJenny Whitehead(jenny.whitehead@thomasmiller.com).Alternatively, the <strong>UK</strong> Club website is anexhaustive source of information on the Club andP&I issues in general.For more information, please contact:Thomas Miller P&I Ltd – LondonTel: +44 20 7283 4646 Fax: +44 20 7283 5614Thomas Miller (Hellas) Ltd – Piraeus H1Tel: +30 210 42 91 200 Fax: +30 210 42 91 207/8Thomas Miller (Americas) Inc – New JerseyTel: +1 201 557 7300 Fax: +1 201 946 0167Thomas Miller (Hong Kong) Ltd – Hong KongTel: + 852 2832 9301 Fax: + 852 2574 5025www.ukpandi.com