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Fuel and Bunkers Bunkers play the essential role in the profitability of the time charterparty. Clause 9 of NYPE 2015 has been amended, with comprehensive detail to cover all possible matters in relation to bunkers within the scope of the charterparty. This clause is based on the current industry standards, utilising the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (“MARPOL”) and International Organization for Standardization (“ISO”) frameworks. The clause comprises of 7 paragraphs, which range from quantities and price, quality and liability, fuel sulphur content, bunkering prior to delivery/redelivery, bunkering operations and sampling and grades and quantities on redelivery. 42 As usual, the charterer will be responsible for bunkers on delivery and the shipowner on redelivery. In the case of Res Cogitans, 43 there may be raised some arguments regarding the passing of the bunkers’ ownership in cases where the vessel is bunkered by the charterer prior to redelivery under the time charterparty. The bunkers are sold to the shipowner on redelivery and then sold by him to his next charterer. 44 There is a question as to whether the ownership of the bunkers passes by way of 42 NYPE 2015 Time Charter Party Explanatory Notes 8-11 43 Re PST Energy 7 Shipping LLC Product Shipping and Trading SA v OW Bunker Malta Ltd & ING Bank NV (Res Cogitans)  [ 2015 ]  EWCA Civ 1058 44 Edmund Greiner, ‘South Africa: PST Energy Shipping and Product Shipping and Trading SA v OW Bunker Malta and ING Bank SA (Res Cogitans) : the Implications of the Judgment (Mondaq, 13 August 2015) <http://www.mondaq.com/ southafrica/x/414938/ Marine+Shipping/PST+Energy+Shipping+And+Product +Shipping+And+Trading+SA+v+OW+Bunker+Malta+And+ING+Bank+SA+Res+ Cogitans+The+Implications+Of+The+Judgment> accessed 11 August 2016 วารสารวิชาการนิติศาสตร์ มหาวิทยาลัยทักษิณ ปีที่ 6 ฉบับที่ 8 กรกฎาคม 2560 - มิถุนายน 2561 128