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CHARTERING
Types of Contract of Affreightment
The Booking-note
In some cases, instead of a charter party, a much simpler document is used namely the booking-note.
The booking-note is used in the liner trade for the shipment of important goods for which tonnage was reserved long in advance. The booking note is usually issued by the booking agent.
The booking-note has the advantage of being less complicated than the charter party and it usually refers to the clauses and conditions of the bill of lading, a document which is essential to the implementation of the contract. The conditions of the bill of lading are generally those that are applied on regular lines and which are called liner terms so that one could define the booking-note as a shortened charter party with liner terms. (Wilders, P., Le contrat d'affrètement maritime, Anvers, Lloyd Anversois Publishers, 1969, 32.)
