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Section 4: Loss of hire insurance

  • Clause 18-43. Main rules regarding the liability of the insurer

    The insurance covers the assured’s loss of income due to the MOU being wholly or partially deprived of income-earning activity as a consequence of damage to the MOU which is recoverable under the conditions of the Plan, or which would have been recoverable if no deductible had been agreed, see Cl. 18-33. If the hull insurance has been effected on conditions other than those of the Plan, and these conditions have been accepted in writing by the insurer, the rules in Chapter 18, Section 2, of the Plan shall be replaced by the corresponding conditions of the insurance concerned when assessing whether the damage is recoverable.

    The insurance also covers the assured’s loss of income due to the MOU being wholly or partially deprived of income-earning activity:

    • because the MOU has stranded,
    • because the MOU is prevented by physical obstruction (other than ice) from leaving a port or a similar limited area, or
    • as a consequence of measures taken to salvage or remove damaged cargo, or
    • as a consequence of an event that is allowed in general average pursuant to the 2016 York-Antwerp Rules.

     

    The insurer’s liability resulting from any one casualty, and from all casualties occurring during the insurance period, shall be limited to the sum insured per day multiplied by the number(s) of days insured respectively as stated in the insurance contract.

    Following a casualty, the insurance contract shall be automatically reinstated back to the original limits of liability. The premium payable for such reinstatement shall be 100 % of the agreed premium pertaining to the MOU involved calculated pro rata on the amount reinstated irrespective of time of the remaining period of insurance.

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    Clause 18-43. Main rules regarding the liability of the insurer

    This Clause was new in the 2013 Plan and  was amended in the 2019 and in the 2023 Version. The Clause  is verbatim the same as Cl. 16-1. Reference is made to the Commentary to Cl. 16-1.

  • Clause 18-44. Total loss

    The insurer shall not be liable for loss of income resulting from a casualty which entitles the assured to compensation for total loss under the hull insurance in effect. If no hull insurance is in effect the assessment shall be based on Chapter 18, Section 2-2 of the Plan.

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    Clause 18-44. Total loss

    This Clause was new in the 2013 Plan and was amended in the 2023 Version. The Clause  is verbatim the same as Cl. 16-2. Reference is made to the Commentary to Cl. 16-2.

  • Clause 18-45. Main rule for calculating compensation

    Compensation shall be determined on the basis of the time during which the MOU has been deprived of income-earning activity (loss of time) and the loss of income per day (the daily amount). Loss of time that occurred prior to the events described in Cl. 18-43 shall not be recoverable.

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    Clause 18-45. Main rule for calculating compensation

    This Clause was new in the 2013 Plan and was amended in the 2023 Version. The Clause  is verbatim the same as Cl. 16-3. Reference is made to the Commentary to Cl. 16-3.

  • Clause 18-46. Calculation of the loss of time

    Loss of time shall be stipulated in days, hours and minutes. A period of time during which the assured has only partially been deprived of income shall be converted into a corresponding period of total loss of income.

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    Clause 18-46. Calculation of the loss of time

    This Clause was new in the 2013 Plan and was amended in the 2019 and in the 2023  Version. The Clause  is verbatim the same as Cl. 16-4. Reference is made to the Commentary to Cl. 16-4.

  • Clause 18-47. The daily amount

    The daily amount shall be determined on the basis of the amount of hire per day under the current contract of employment, less such expenses as the assured saves or ought to have saved due to the MOU being out of regular employment.

    If the MOU is unchartered, the daily amount shall be calculated on the basis of average rates of hire for MOUs of the type, size and area of operation concerned during the period in which the MOU is deprived of income.

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    Clause 18-47. The daily amount

    This Clause was new in the 2013 Plan and was amended in the 2023 Version. The Clause is verbatim the same as Cl. 16-5 apart from the words “area of operation” which are added to sub-clause 2. Reference is made to the Commentary to Cl. 16-5. The Commentary is amended accordingly. This Clause lays...

  • Clause 18-48. Agreed daily amount

    The daily sum insured stated in the insurance contract, cf. Cl. 18-43, sub-clause 3, shall be deemed to constitute an agreed daily amount (insurable value) unless the circumstances clearly indicate otherwise.

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    Clause 18-48. Agreed daily amount

    This Clause was new in the 2013 Plan and was amended in 2023. The Clause is verbatim the same as Cl. 16-6. Reference is made to the Commentary to Cl. 16-6. The Commentary was amended accordingly, including a more detailed elaboration regarding agreed daily amount. This Clause regulates the agreed...

  • Clause 18-49. Deductible period

    Each casualty shall be subject to a deductible period which shall run from the commencement of the loss of time and last until the time lost is equivalent to the deductible period stated in the insurance contract, calculated in accordance with the rule in Cl. 18-46. Loss of time in the deductible period is not recoverable.

    Damage caused by heavy weather or navigating in ice which has occurred during the period between departure from one port or location and arrival at the next port or location shall be regarded as one casualty.

    Damage caused by heavy weather occurring as a result of the same atmospheric disturbance whilst the MOU is stationary at one location shall be regarded as a single casualty.

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    Clause 18-49. Deductible period

    This Clause was new in the 2013 Plan and was amended in the 2023 Version. The Clause  corresponds to Cl. 16-7. Reference is made to the Commentary to Cl. 16-7.  Sub-clause 1 is verbatim the same as Cl. 16-7, sub-clause 1. In sub-clause 2 the words “or location” is added as MOUs seldom enters port...

  • Clause 18-50. Survey of damage

    The provision of Cl. 18-27 shall apply correspondingly.

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    Clause 18-50. Survey of damage

    This Clause was new in the 2013 Plan and is verbatim the same as Cl. 16-8. Reference is made to the Commentary to Cl. 16-8.

  • Clause 18-51. Choice of repairer

    The insurer may demand that tenders for repairs be obtained from repairers of the insurer’s choice. If the assured does not obtain such tenders, the insurer may do so.

    For the purpose of comparison, the repair time for tenders received, converted into monetary expense using the applicable daily amount, shall be adjusted by adding any

    • estimated additional recoverable time under Cl. 18-52 and/or Cl. 18-55 after conversion as above.
    • repair costs not recoverable under the hull insurance solely due to the repair alternative being more expensive than the cheapest alternative.


    The assured shall decide which repairer shall be used. However, the liability of the insurer shall be limited to the lowest adjusted tender. If the assured chooses this repairer, the claim shall be settled on the basis of the actual time lost, even if this is greater than that specified in the tender.

    If the assured, because of special circumstances, has justifiable reason to object to the repairs being carried out by one of the repairers that has submitted a tender, the assured may demand that the tender from that repairer be disregarded.

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    Clause 18-51. Choice of repairer

    This Clause was new in the 2013 Plan and was amended in the 2023 Version. The Clause is verbatim the same as Cl. 16-9. Reference is made to the Commentary to Cl. 16-9.

  • Clause 18-52. Move to the repair location, etc.

    Loss of time during move to the repair location shall be attributed to the category of work that necessitated the move.

    If move to the repair location was necessary for more than one category of work, the time of the move shall be apportioned in accordance with the time that each category of work would have required if carried out separately. Time of move that falls within the deductible period shall not be apportioned.

    The rules of sub-clauses 1 and 2 shall also apply to loss of time during surveys, while obtaining tenders, during tank cleaning, while waiting to commence repairs or due to other similar measures that were necessary in order to carry out the repairs.

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    Clause 18-52. Move to the repair location, etc.

    This Clause was new in the 2013 Plan and is nearly verbatim the same as Cl. 16-10, but the words “class of works” has been replaced by “category of work”. Reference is made to the Commentary to Cl. 16-10 which was amended in 2023.

  • Clause 18-53. Extra costs incurred in order to avert or minimise loss

    The insurer shall be liable for extra costs incurred in connection with temporary repairs and in connection with extraordinary measures taken in order to avert or minimise loss covered by the insurance, insofar as such extra costs are not recoverable under the hull insurance in effect. Chapter 4, Section 2, shall not apply.

    The liability for such costs is limited to the amount the insurer would have had to pay if the measures had not been taken.

    If loss is averted or minimised for the benefit of several interests, the insurer is only liable for such proportion of the extra costs attributed to the interest insured.

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    Clause 18-53. Extra costs incurred in order to avert or minimise loss

    This Clause was new in the 2013 Plan and was amended in the 2023 Version. The Clause is verbatim the same as Cl. 16-11. Reference is made to the Commentary to Cl. 16-11.

  • Clause 18-54. Simultaneous works

    If repair work resulting from a casualty covered under this loss of hire insurance is carried out simultaneously with:

    1. repair work resulting from any other casualty covered under this or another loss of hire insurance, and/or
    2. work which is not covered under any loss of hire insurance, but which is:
      • carried out to fulfil classification requirements, or
      • necessary to enable the MOU to meet technical and operational safety requirements or perform its contractual obligations, or
      • related to the reconstruction of the MOU,

    the common time which falls outside the deductible period shall be apportioned as follows:

    1. Where common time falls outside the deductible period for all casualties, and no work referred to in sub-clause 1, item 2, is effected simultaneously, the common time shall be apportioned equally between all casualties.
    2. Where common time falls outside the deductible for all casualties, but the repair work is effected simultaneously with work referred to in sub-clause 1, item 2, half of such common time shall be apportioned equally between the casualties.
    3. Where common time falls within the deductible period for one or more casualties, but outside the deductible period for other casualties, half of such common time shall be apportioned equally between the casualties where the deductible has expired, whether or not work referred to in sub-clause 1, item 2, has been effected simultaneously.

    Works under sub-clause 1, item 2, letters (a) - (c), which would not have deprived the MOU from income if carried out separately and which have not delayed the casualty repairs, shall not be taken into account. If casualty damage is discovered or occurs during the period the MOU would have been deprived of income if the work under sub-clause 1, item 2, letters (a) - (c), had been carried out separately, time for repairs carried out simultaneously with scheduled works under letters (a) - (c) shall not be compensated.

    When applying the rules set out in sub-clause 1, each category of work shall be deemed to have lasted for the number of days the work would have required if the two categories of work had been carried out separately, reckoned from the time the work started. Unless the circumstances clearly indicate another point in time, all categories of work shall be deemed to have started on the MOU’s arrival at the repair location. Any delay which might occur due to several categories of work being carried out simultaneously shall be attributed to all categories in proportion to the number of days each category would have required if carried out separately, reckoned from the time the work started.

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    Clause 18-54. Simultaneous works

    This Clause was new in the 2013 Plan and corresponds to Cl. 16-12 with exception of  two sentences to sub-clause 1. The Clause was substantially amended in the 2023 Version, and previous sub-clauses 1 to 3 is replaced by a new sub-clause 1. The two sentences that deviate from Cl. 16-12 has become...

  • Clause 18-55. Loss of time after completion of repairs

    The insurer is not liable for loss of time after completion of repairs, except for loss of time

    • until the MOU can resume the employment under the contract that was in force at the time of the casualty, or
    • while the MOU moves back to an equidistant position to where it  without the casualty would have commenced the move to its next  location under a contract of employment that was entered into with  binding effect prior to the commencement of the move to the repair location.


    Cl. 18-52 shall apply correspondingly to loss of time after completion of repairs.

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    Clause 18-55. Loss of time after completion of repairs

    This Clause was new in the 2013 Plan and was amended in the 2023 Version. The Clause corresponds to Cl. 16-13, but letters (b) and (d) are not deemed relevant to MOUs and are therefore not included in Cl. 18-55. Reference is made to the Commentary to Cl. 16-13, letter (a) , Cl. 18-55 is for the...

  • Clause 18-56. Repairs carried out after expiry of the insurance period

    Loss of time that commences after expiry of the insurance period shall be recoverable in accordance with the rules of Cl. 18-47, even if the daily amount is an agreed amount pursuant to Cl. 18-48, if this results in a lower compensation.

    The insurer shall not be liable for loss of time that commences more than two years after expiry of the insurance period.

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    Clause 18-56. Repairs carried out after expiry of the insurance period

    This Clause was new in the 2013 Plan and was amended in the 2023 Version. The Clause is verbatim the same as Cl. 16-14. Reference is made to the Commentary to Cl. 16-14.

  • Clause 18-57. Liability of the insurer when the MOU is transferred to a new owner

    Where a transfer of ownership has been postponed as a consequence of a damage or an event recoverable under Cl. 18-43, the insurer shall be liable for the assured’s loss of interest on the sales amount based on the interest rate in Cl. 5-4,sub-clause 3, as well as for wages and maintenance of the crew, even though the MOU would not have earned income during the postponement. However, the insurer shall not be liable for time that would in any event have been lost in connection with the transfer of ownership.

    The insurer’s liability pursuant to sub-clause 1 shall not exceed the compensation calculated on the basis of the sum insured per day and the time by which the transfer was postponed less the agreed deductible period. The deductible period is calculated in consecutive days even if the loss of interest differs from the sum insured per day. No compensation may be claimed for loss of time after completion of repairs, except for loss of time during removal after repairs. If the removal results in time savings for the assured a corresponding time shall be deducted.

    The assured’s claim against the insurer may not be transferred to a new owner.

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    Clause 18-57. Liability of the insurer when the MOU is transferred to a new owner

    This Clause was new in the 2013 Plan and was amended in the 2023 Version. The Clause is verbatim the same as Cl. 16-15. Reference is made to the Commentary to Cl. 16-15.

  • Clause 18-58. Relationship to other insurances and general average

    The rules as to subrogation in Cl. 5-13 of the Plan shall apply correspondingly to:

    • the assured’s right to claim compensation for loss of time and  operating costs during removal to a repair location under Cl. 18-28  or Cl. 18-30 of the Plan, or equivalent provisions in other conditions  applicable to the MOU’s hull insurance, and
    • any right the assured might otherwise have to claim compensation for  the loss from another insurer or in general average.
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    Clause 18-58. Relationship to other insurances and general average

    This Clause was new in the 2013 Plan and is verbatim the same as Cl. 16-16. Reference is made to the Commentary to Cl. 16-16 which was amended in 2023.