Jo Tankers BV v. Manor Hardware, Inc. (The “New Endeavor”) – SMA No. 3721, 25 Feb 2002

ASBATANKVOY -- ARBITRATION -- DEADFREIGHT -- BROKER -- CHARTER PARTY -- VOYAGE -- CARGO -- Owner Award When the Charterer cancelled the contract and refused to supply cargo on both the original and mitigated voyages, the Owner began arbitration in order to recover the resulting deadfreight damages. The Charterer blames the broker in constructing a contract outside of the Charterer’s instructions which absolves the Charterer from a binding agreement to supply cargo.