(1) Loading time begins on the day following the day of notice.
(2) Unless otherwise agreed, no separate remuneration may be demanded for loading time.
(3) If the carrier waits beyond the loading time on the basis of a contractual agreement between the parties or for reasons outside of the sphere of risks to be borne by it (laytime on demurrage), then the carrier will be entitled to reasonable remuneration (demurrage). If, following the ship’s arrival at the discharging wharf, the consignee asserts their right pursuant to section 494 (1) sentence 1, then the consignee, too, will owe demurrage, provided that, upon delivery of the goods, the consignee was informed of the amount owed.
(4) Absent an agreement to any other effect, the loading time and the laytime on demurrage are to correspond to a period that is reasonable under the circumstances. In calculating the loading time and the laytime on demurrage, days are counted in unbroken sequence, while including Sundays and holidays. Periods during which it is impossible to load and stow the goods on board the ship for reasons within the sphere of risks to be borne by the carrier will not be included in the computation.