LATEST IN CHARTERER  RECOVERING MORE THAN THE OWNER’S INVOICE

 

Seller submitted their invoice to the buyer in the amount of $21,144.44. I requested a copy of the owner’s invoice which was for $16,466.67.  Obviously they did not check the amount on the owner’s invoice before forwarding it.  When asked if they were going to revise their invoice their response was that their claim at disport was purely based on actual times from all fast to hoses off.  Claim stands as invoiced.  So, how does everyone feel about this scenario?

To go even further, a fixture came across my desk wherein the allowed laytime was actually retyped in another location in the fixture to show 72H replacing the actual laytime which must have been more than 72H.  It was obvious this was done because clause  I) Laytime does not come ahead of clause  H) Freight, which is followed by clause  J) Demurrage.  If the allowed laytime is changed in the fixture how do you know if the demurrage rate was not changed as well.