TKC 2021
TKC 2021
TANKER CHARTERING
Time allowed – three hours
Answer any FIVE questions – all questions carry equal marks
Please read the questions carefully before answering
A Gas Carrier has been fixed to load 160,000 cubic metres of LNG at Qatar for discharge
Yokohama, Japan.
3. You are a shipbroker who represents owners in the animal oil and vegetable oil trades.
Provide your principal a market report indicating market trends and fixing opportunities for a
20,000 dwt tanker.
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4. Answer BOTH parts of the question.
a) Describe how freight is calculated using a voyage estimate for a voyage chartered
employment of a LR1 tanker loading CPP in Hamburg for discharge Med (Show all
calculations).
b) Explain the options available to the parties to establish how freight should be paid
under the above fixture.
A Medium Range product tanker has been fixed on 6 months’ time charter delivery DOP
Houston, Texas, USA, worldwide trading limits and redelivery plus/minus 14 days charterer’s
option Thailand, China/Japan at charterer’s option.
a) Draw up a hire clause for this fixture and explain the main provisions of the clause.
b) How will the final hire be arranged?
A shipowner has entered the market with a VLCC and plans to offer the vessel for a cargo of
crude oil loading at WAF offshore mooring for discharge in Rotterdam.
a) Prepare a round voyage estimate for this employment using data of your choice.
Details of the vessel, load and discharge ports, voyage legs, proposed route, quantity
of bunkers needed for the voyage, bunker prices, total cost of bunkers, port charges,
total voyage expenses, freight rate, voyage earnings and gross voyage surplus per
day. (Show all calculations).
b) Describe how the owner may compare this employment opportunity with a time
charter employment using an example of your choice.
a) Describe the reasons why a tanker may be fixed in this way from an owner’s and a
charterer’s perspective.
b) Provide a firm offer for a bareboat employment of a tanker of your choice explaining
the main terms used.
a) Identify the main areas of risk that exist when discharging without production of bills
of lading.
b) How may these issues be overcome?