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PERSONS AND BUSINESSES

RELATED TO SHIPPING

The Shipowner

• Definition
• The Owner
• Disponent Owner
• The Charterer

Shipping Agent

• Definition
• The Port Agent
• The Liner Agent
• Duties of the Liner Agent
• As Cargo Broker
• As Dispatcher of the Vessel
• By Outward Cargo
• By Inward Cargo

The Relationship Agent - Owner

The Agent and the Time Charterer

The Remuneration

The Liner Agent as the Owner's Confident

• The Information Task of the Agent
• The Control Task of the Agent

The Own Agent

The Forwarder

• Definition
• Categories of Forwarders
• The Duties of the Forwarder in Sea Transportation
• Special Tasks in the Harbour
• The Forwarder as Agent or as Principal
  • The Forwarder as Agent
  • The Forwarder as Principal

Transport Broker

• Definition
• The Shipbroker
• The Chartering Broker
• The Sale and Purchase Broker

Booking Broker or loading Broker

Non-Vessel Operating Common Carrier (NVOCC)

Shipper

Carrier

Receiver

Consignee

Stevedore

Lashers and Securers

Corporation

Cargo Checker or Tally Clerk

Weighers and Measurers

Cargo Inspectors or Cargo Superintendents

Supercargo

Terminal Operator

Average Adjuster

Surveyor or Nautical Expert

Insurance Broker

Customs Office

Water Clerk

Shipping and Signalling Service (S.S.S.)