| Award 1121

Award N° 1121 – Sugar c/p – Letter of undertaking – Jurisdiction – Stevedores as owners’ servants. The arbitration Tribunal has competence over its own jurisdiction resulting of the negotiations for the issuance of a letter of undertaking. This jurisdiction cannot be considered as having been exacted under hardship. When a charter-party provides that stevedores are deemed to be owners’ servants, the owner is contractually responsible for the stevedoring operations.