Common use of Instructions and Logs Clause in Contracts

Instructions and Logs. (a) Customer shall from time to time give the Master all requisite instructions and sailing directions, and the Master shall keep a full and correct log of the voyage or voyages, which Customer or its agents may inspect as required. The Master shall when required furnish Customer or its agents with a true copy of such log and with properly completed loading and discharging port sheets and Voyage Reports for each voyage and other returns as Customer may require. Customer shall be entitled to make copies at Contractor’s expense of any such documents, which are not provided by the Master. (b) Customer may issue orders directly to the Master to slow down or speed up the Vessel, consistent with the commercially reasonable safe operation of the Vessel and its machinery as determined by the Master, on ballast and/or laden passages. A copy of any such orders shall also be sent to Contractor.