Checklist · Maritime, Shipping & Transport
Voyage charter fixture recap checklist (before the fixture is clean)
Checklist for reviewing a broker's fixture recap for a voyage charter before subjects are lifted: parties, vessel, cargo, ports, laycan, freight, laytime and demurrage, base form and riders, bills of lading, liens, law and arbitration.
- Kind
- Checklist. Steps or checks to work through and tick off.
- Where it applies
- Australia, International / cross-border
- AI use
- Yellow AI can help in set ways. A lawyer checks specific points before use.
- Law stated as at
- 18 October 2026
- Status
- Maintained. Checked on 18 October 2026 against the 2 authorities it cites, for Australia and International / cross-border.
- Version
- 1
- Source
- Written for this library
When to use it
Use when acting for owners or charterers as main terms are agreed through brokers, so that gaps and inconsistencies are caught before the fixture becomes binding and the charter party is drawn up from the recap.
How AI may be used
AI may extract the recap terms into this checklist and compare them with the base form and previous fixtures; a lawyer decides what is missing, what conflicts and what to raise before subjects are lifted.
AI may
- Extract every term in the recap into the checklist and mark items not addressed
- Compare the recap with the base form and the client's standard rider clauses and list differences
- Flag inconsistencies, for example a laytime term that does not match the cargo quantity or a law clause that conflicts with the arbitration clause
AI must not
- Must not confirm to brokers that terms are agreed or that subjects are lifted
- Must not fill gaps in the recap with assumed terms
- Must not treat a sanctions or trading-limit question as cleared without the lawyer's check
The lawyer checks
- Every commercial term the client gave in instructions appears correctly in the recap
- The base form, edition and rider clauses are identified, and the recap says which prevails if they conflict
- Law and arbitration, bills of lading terms, liens and cesser, and sanctions provisions are settled before the fixture is clean
Method: how the Green, Yellow and Red levels are decided. This is guidance for planning, not legal advice.
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