Calculation of laytime

10.1. Laytime is understood as amount of working time allowed to NCSP accord­ing to agreed rates of contract and/or present Terms and Conditions for discharg­ing or loading the cargo including its separation, weighing, normal lashing/uniashing (as determined by IMO standards), trimming, opening and closing of cargo hatches, preparation of documents for loaded/discharged cargo, dry cleaning of cargo holds after discharging, bunkering and water supply, if it is impossible to carry this out during cargo operations; mooring/unmooring in connection with cargo opera­tion execution having regard to specialization of port berths. If it is necessary to carry out special lashing/uniashing of cargoes on vessel's request or time-con­suming preparatory works for discharging the cargo due to its condition (explod­ing of compacted and hardened cargoes, its fragmentation, pneumatic crumbling as well as re-packaging, discharging of wet or damaged packages, handling of toxic and flammable cargoes using gas-masks, etc.), NCSP obtains additional time (equal to actually spend time), which extends laytime.

10.2. Laytime is calculated in weather working days by division of mass (quantity) of cargo in tons (m³, pieces) by a rate of loading/discharging of cargo on a vessel of certain classification group.

White loading cargoes on a vessel with different rates, the mass of the different cargoes is divided by fixed rates of loading in weather working days. If loading/discharging is carried out not to/from all cargo spaces (cargo holds, tweendecks, decks of ro-ro vessels), the fixed rate is multiplied by number of cargo hatches stated and is divided by the total number of vessel's cargo hatches. The time required to carry out auxiliary operations, that cannot be performed during cargo operations, shall be added to laytime.

10.3. When calculating laytime, days off and official national holidays as well as time after 15.00 hours on Saturdays or on the day preceding holidays, until 08.00 hours on Mondays or on the day that follows holidays are not counted as laytime regardless whether handling of a vessel is carried out or not.

10.4. Laytime shall commence from 16.00 hours if Notice of Readiness is ten­dered before 12.00 hours, and from 08.00 hours of the following working day if

Notice of Readiness is tendered after 12.00 hours.

10.5. Laytime is interrupted when cargo operations and auxiliary operations taken in account in laytime can not be executed due to the following reasons:

• bad weather conditions (precipitation, frost, heat, strong wind), strikes and other force-majeure circumstances and their consequences;

• vessel's, charterer's or cargo owner's fault;

• the lack of transport units in volumes stipulated in the contracts between NCSP and clients for cargoes that are handled only by direct handling method.

10.6. Actual time used for discharging cargoes from lockers, tanks and other spaces that are not fit for normal work of people and machinery as well as dis­charging of substandard cargoes and cargoes in damaged condition is to be added to laytime.

11. VESSEL'S DUTIES.

11.1. A vessel is obliged to receive or to deliver cargoes 24 hours a day including Sundays and holidays and to provide free of charge to NCSP steam, electric power, lighting, compressed air, winches, cranes, and other devices that are necessary for loading or discharging of cargoes.

11.2. Prior to commencement of cargo-handling a vessel is to inform NCSP about all vessel's structural peculiarities that could effect cargo-handling. NCSP is not liable for the damage to a vessel during cargo-handling if vessels have not taken appropriate measures to protect vessel's elements (ladders, tank tops, structure)

11.3. Receipt and delivery of cargoes take place alongside a vessel with indis­pensable preparation of mutually signed Tally Sheets of appropriate form. More­over, each cargo "lift" and the total amount of loaded/discharged cargo should be confirmed by signatures of both parties.

Any amendments to Tally Sheet are permitted only if agreed by both parties and confirmed respectively with signatures of tallyman of NCSP and the vessel in ques­tion. Tallysheets with amendments that have not been agreed or made solely by the vessel are not valid.

If a vessel does not provide own tallymen, NCSP tallymen's counts shall be bind­ing. In this case, cargo documents that were made according to counts of NCSP are to be signed by the master without remarks, regardless whether the master was provided with information about loaded/discharged cargoes or not. Vessels have to ensure delivery of cargoes separately according to Bills of Lading. Additional expenses resulting from discharging of mixed consignments against Bills of Lading are for vessel's account.

11.4. During interruptions in loading or discharging of any cargo as well as in case

of bad weather a vessel closes and opens holds. If for these purposes a vessel uses shore cranes - all expenses are for vessel's account.

11.5. The cost for idle time of labour due to vessel's fault (e.g., break-down of vessel's cargo gears, the lack of steam, lighting, interruption in handling or de­cline in handling rates due to mixture of cargo lots or at the request or through fault of vessel's administration, etc.) will be charged according to prevailing NCSP rates. Besides, the time lost for cargo operations due to these reasons is ex­cluded from laytime.

11.6. The first shifting of a vessel pertaining to her loading/discharging and her

service is carried out for vessel's account in all cases.

In other cases shifting are for the account of the party who ordered shifting.

NCSP informs the vessel about forthcoming mooring, shifting, unmooring two hours before the commencement if such operations should be performed in day-time (from 08.00 tilt 17.00), and until 15.00 o'clock, if such operations shall be performed in the evening or nighttime (between 17.00 and 08.00 hours).

11.7. Any vessel is obliged to leave a berth on demand of NCSP. Shipowners who failed to comply with such demand bear full financial responsibil­ity for any loss incurred for parties involved.

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