The Grande Island: What you delete is only half the story
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A 2026 English High Court commercial decision examined how deliberate deletions from standard charter-party wording affect the clauses that remain. The case, Olam International Ltd v Pacific Basin Supramax Ltd (The Grande Island), concerns contract interpretation in shipping negotiations.
The recent decision in Olam International Ltd v Pacific Basin Supramax Ltd (The Grande Island) [2026] EWHC 2136 (Comm) concerned a familiar feature of charter party negotiations where standard wording had been incorporated but parts of it deliberately deleted. The question was what those deletions meant for the provisions left behind. Background The Grande Island ...