Demurrage or Demu-WHAT?!

In a real laytime dispute, who is your secret weapon?

• A good professional (loyer, expert...) 

• A friendly port agent

• Your grandma who never forgets a detail

• Whoever brings the best snacks to negotiations

You get a time bar notice from your long-term partner. What’s your first move?

• Call them and say “Et tu, Brute?”

• Remind them of your karaoke duet last Christmas

• Negotiate calmly and professionally 

• Send them a GIF of Jack Sparrow looking betrayed

If you submit a demurrage claim without any supporting documents, what happens?

• You get paid instantly for your confidence

• The owner frames it and hangs it in the break room

• The claim is time-barred faster than a speeding bullet

• It becomes an inspirational LinkedIn post

In the epic Street Fighter battle between Buyer & Seller, who wins the Darkness Clause round?

• Buyer

•  It depends on the facts

• The guy fixing the CRT TV

• Seller

What was the baby on the office phone actually saying?

• “NOR tendered at 0900”

• "That’s a without prejudice agreement"

• “Buy low, sell high”

• “We need a bigger berth”

What’s the #1 secret to handling claims like Harvey Specter?

• Wear the sharpest suit in the room

• Always eat lunch at your desk

• Find a legal loophole in NOR formatting

• Don’t play the odds, play the man.

Darkness clause is most often about…

• Vampires at the berth

• Restrictions on night operations

• Saving electricity

• Giving the crew a Netflix break

What’s the main reason to keep laytime and demurrage records accurate?

• To win arguments and have proof

• To impress the charterer’s lawyer

• To get more LinkedIn endorsements

• Because pirates said so

When is the perfect time to tender your NOR?

• Before sunrise

• When the stars align

• When the vessel is ready as per the charter party

• When my cat says so

If “laytime” was a superhero, what would be their catchphrase?

• “Stop the clock!”

• “I fight for fair demurrage!”

• I’m faster than NOR acceptance

• “Where’s my berth?”