A shipbroker fixed a time charter trip in the Far East. There was a term in the charterparty that there could be “no crew change on the laden voyage”. However, during the laden voyage the owners sent a message to the shipbrokers’ operations department advising that on the way to the discharge port the ship would make a quick stop to conduct a crew change. The shipbroker failed to pass the message on to the charterers. When the charterers discovered the deviation they protested that neither the owner nor Master had informed them a crew change. Since this change caused a delay, charterers seeks compensation. a. State the party or parties in fault b. Who should pay the compensation for the damages

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A shipbroker fixed a time charter trip in the Far East. There was a term in the charterparty that there could be “no crew change on the laden voyage”. However, during the laden voyage the owners sent a message to the shipbrokers’ operations department advising that on the way to the discharge port the ship would make a quick stop to conduct a crew change. The shipbroker failed to pass the message on to the charterers. When the charterers discovered the deviation they protested that neither the owner nor Master had informed them a crew change. Since this change caused a delay, charterers seeks compensation.
a. State the party or parties in fault
b. Who should pay the compensation for the damages

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