CHARTERING

EVIDENCE IN MATTERS OF AFFREIGHTMENT

Introduction

As we mentioned already before, two main forms of shipping operations are known, namely: the liner shipping and the tramp shipping (including the industrial ocean carriage).In both cases, a certain tonnage space is let for the transport of goods. In the liner trade the shipments will usually be composed of a large number of lots with several shippers, whereas in the tramp shipping the cargos are generally composed of a single lot with only one shipper. It is clear that in both cases, the negotiations between the ship owner and the shipper(s) or charterer(s) will be entirely different.

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