Originally Posted by
Dirtdiver
The problem with reading the contract is that you can find a paragraph describing exactly your situation, but it turns out to have been superseded by a LOA/MOU, or an exception, etc. Agree, there's a lot of bad gouge spouted by the sea lawyers. It's complicated.
Even with a LOA/MOU at least one can find a written reference. It is the "past practices" or "accepted interpretation" which aren't written that torque me, especially when the language of the PWA is unambiguous.