Orient Shipping Rotterdam B.V. v. Hugo Neu & Sons, Inc.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

HAIGHT, Senior District Judge:

Plaintiff Orient Shipping Rotterdam B.V., the disponent owner of the motor vessel Mastrogiorgis B, chartered her to defendant Hugo Neu & Sons, Inc. for a voyage from New York to Bombay, India, with a cargo of shredded scrap metal. The voyage having been completed, plaintiff sues for demurrage incurred at the discharging port. Defendant denies liability for demurrage and counterclaims for despatch.

Unlike most modern charterparties, this one did not contain an arbitration clause. The action, which falls within the admiralty and maritime…