Bunge SA v Pan Ocean Co Ltd (The “Sagar Ratan”) [2025] EWHC 193 (Admiralty)

Charterparty – Amended NYPE 1946 form – COVID-19 PCR test certification – Rejection at Chinese port – Owner’s Deviation – Seaworthy – Off-hire This case was an appeal of London Arbitration 8/25, which arose from a dispute under a time charterparty involving the vessel Sagar Ratan, concerning whether the vessel was off-hire during a delay caused by a Covid-19 outbreak among the crew. The vessel had been chartered by disponent owners to the charterers under an NYPE form for a one-time trip from the Philippines to China via Australia.