Oliver's Shipping Law Manual: A Practical Guide for Shipowners, Captains, Etc. : with Digests of the Merchant Shipping Acts, 1894-1906 |
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agent agreement altered amount appointed arbitrator arrival authority average barratry bill of lading Board of Trade boats bottomry bound British ship broker captain cargo carry caused certificate certificate of registry charge charter party claim collision consignee consular officer contract cost crew custom damage deck deduction delay delivered delivery demurrage detained dunnage duty emigrant entitled expenses fishing foreign freight give incurred insured liable to pay lien lighthouse loss Marine master or owner Merchant Shipping Act mortgage named necessary notice obtain official log Order in Council paid passengers payable payment penalty of 100 person pilot pilotage port of loading provisions reasonable receive refuses registered registrar registry regulations repairs rules sailing ship salvage seamen Section ship's shipowner signed stamp starboard steam ship surveyor thereof tonnage tons tranship Trinity House underwriters United Kingdom unless vessel voyage wages warranty Wharf wharfinger white light wreck
Popular passages
Page 118 - And it is agreed by us, the insurers, that this writing or policy of assurance shall be of as much force and effect as the surest writing or policy of assurance heretofore made in Lombard Street, or in the Royal Exchange, or elsewhere in London.
Page 117 - ... arrests, restraints, and detainments of all kings, princes, and people, of what nation, condition, or quality soever, barratry of the master and mariners, and of all other perils, losses, and misfortunes, that have or shall come to the hurt, detriment, or damage of the said goods and merchandises, and ship, &c, or any part thereof.
Page 66 - In obeying and construing these rules due regard shall be had to all dangers of navigation and collision, and to any special circumstances which may render a departure from the above rules necessary in order to avoid immediate danger.
Page 59 - ... points abaft the beam on the starboard side ; and of such a character as to be visible on a dark night, with a clear atmosphere, at a distance of at least two miles.
Page 64 - When both are running free, with the wind on different sides, the vessel which has the wind on the port side shall keep out of the way of the other.
Page 105 - interest or no interest," or "without further proof of interest than the policy itself," or "without benefit of salvage to the insurer...
Page 58 - ... exceeds 20 feet, then at a height above the hull not less than such breadth, so, however, that the light need not be...
Page 116 - The said ship, &c., goods and merchandises, &c., for so much as concerns the assured, by agreement between the assured and assurers in this policy, are and shall be valued at...
Page 64 - In fog, mist, falling snow, or heavy rainstorms, whether by day or night, the signals described in this article shall be used as follows, viz.
Page 118 - Part thereof; and in case of any Loss or Misfortune, it shall be lawful to the Assured, their Factors, Servants, and Assigns, to sue, labour, and travel for, in and about the Defence, Safeguard and Recovery of the said Goods and Merchandises and Ship, Ac., or any Part thereof, without Prejudice to this Insurance; to the Charges whereof we, the Assurers, will contribute, each one according to the Rate and Quantity of his sum herein assured.