Who’s who in shipping: owners, charterers and cargo contracts
Understand shipowners, charterers, carriers, shippers and consignees, and how charterparties, bills of lading and sale contracts connect their responsibilities.
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Shipping business.
The owner of a ship and the carrier promising to transport the goods may be different companies. Learn how charterparties, sale contracts and transport documents connect them, and why those distinctions matter when a loss occurs.
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