Covid 19 – Force Majeure voyage disruption under TOWCON and UK Standard Conditions for Towage

In this article published in Tug Technology and Business we set ourselves the premise that a tug and tow have been prevented from reaching the agreed destination, because of disruption caused by Covid-19.

We consider the potential effects of this delay briefly in the context of The UK Standard Conditions for Towage, of ad hoc terms that contain a force majeure clause, and in more detail under TOWCON 2008.

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