MARITIME CONTRACT

CONTENT
1 Chapter 1: Overview of maritime transport

2 Chapter 2: Liner and Liner services

3 Chapter 3: Charter and charter party.

4 Chapter 4: Ocean freight

5 Chapter 5: Laytime

6 Chapter 6: Bill of Lading

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OVERVIEW OF MARITIME
TRANSPORT
CHAPTER 1

MODES OF TRANSPORT

SEA AIR ROAD

INLAND RAIL PIPELINE

WATERWAY

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 FEATURES OF TRANSPORT MODE

WORDLIST

• SHIP – VESSEL • SHIP’S OWNER

• CARGO • SHIPPING LINE
• PORT • CARGO’S OWNER
• LINER • CHARTERER
• TRAMP • SHIPPER
• FREIGHT • BROKER
• CHARTER PARTY

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No. A B
1 a person or company owning a ship.

a person or company that sends or transports goods by sea, land, or

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air.
3 goods carried on a ship, aircraft, or motor vehicle.

A maritime contract between a ship-owner and a charterer for the hire

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of a ship for the carriage of passengers or cargo.

A company that operates the ships that actually carry the containers
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and cargo from load port to discharge port.

6 A place on a waterway for ship to load and unload the cargo onboard.

7 a person or organization that charters an aircraft, boat, or bus.

8 the owner of any goods

9 The charge for transporting goods.

The one that acts as an agent for others, as in negotiating contracts,

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purchase, or sales in return for a fee or commission.

SHIP’S TYPE

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 CARGO IN TRANSPORT

Bulk cargo (liquid and solid)

General cargo

Container

Ro-ro cargo

PORT CLASSIFICATION

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 LINER VÀ TRAMP SHIPPING
LINERS TRAMPS

General cargo Mostly bulk cargo

Regular sailing No schedule (react to

schedules demand)

Fixed routes No fixed routes

Firm freight rates Rates subject to negotiation

Document: Bill of lading (B/L) Document: Charter party B/L

TYPES OF CHARTER

TYPES OF
CHARTERS

Charterer
Charterer
NOT taking
taking over of
over of the
the vessel
vessel

VOYAGE TIME BAREBOAT

CHARTER CHARTER CHARTER

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 TYPES OF CHARTER
VOYAGE CHARTER

• The vessel is chartered for one specific voyage between specified

ports.

TIME CHARTER

• The vessel is chartered for a period of time.

BAREBOAT CHARTER

• The charterers takes over the vessel, often for periods of time as
long as 15 years, and operates the vessel as if it were their own.

CHARTER PARTY (C/P)

a document recording an agreement between

a ship owner and someone who rents all

or part of the ship

for a particular voyage or period of time

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SHIPPING INDUSTRY

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 SHIPPING

4.
1. 2. 3. 5.
Container ship
Ship building Ship owning Ship registration Ship scrapping
operation

6. Ship financing
7. Ship classification
8. Insurance services (P&I)
9. Seafarers
10. Container terminal operators

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SHIPPING ROUTES

Main Maritime Shipping Routes

Bosporus
Gibraltar
Suez Canal Strait of
Hormuz

Bab el-Mandab
Panama Canal
Strait of
Malacca

Cape of
Good Hope

Importance Chokepoint
Core Route Primary
Secondary Route Secondary

Dr. Jean-Paul Rodrigue, Dept. of Global Studies & Geography, Hofstra University

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CONTAINER SHIP GROWTH

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MEGA SHIP

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3.2 AUTOMATIC CONTAINER TERMINAL

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3.3. REORGANIZATION OF SHIPPING STRATEGIC ALLIANCE

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3.4. ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS.

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3.5 SMART SHIPPING

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