Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In com., a written agreement by which a shipowner lets a vessel to another person, usually for the conveyance of cargo, either retaining control of the vessel or surrendering it to the charterer.
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Examples
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The current instructions for loading and payment of the ship are standard charter-party contractual terms, where the charterer advises Teekay's ship operations group.
Refiners Said Seeking Alternatives to Libyan Oil Neena Rai 2011
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“Mary,” “Mary,” not only branded on the hullage of all things, but the pith and pack of everything; and without any fraud upon charter-party, the cargo entire was
Mary Anerley Richard Doddridge 2004
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The Russian consul, too, acting for the charter-party, took formal possession of the ship, and paid all harbour dues, etc.
Dracula 2003
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Our ship was on a trading voyage, and had a supercargo on board, who was to direct all her motions after she arrived at the Cape, only being limited to a certain number of days for stay, by charter-party, at the several ports she was to go to.
The Further Adventures Of Robinson Crusoe Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731. Robinson Crusoe 1958
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The broker cannot sue on the charter-party contract because he is not a party to it, but the insertion of the clause practically prevents his right from being disputed by the ship-owner.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" Various
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They also act as agents for ship-owners in finding charterers for their ships, or for charterers in finding ships available for charter, and in either case they effect the charter-party (see AFFREIGHTMENT).
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" Various
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The price to be paid for a certain number of passengers was thirty-two dollars, and demurrage at the rate of twenty-five cents per hour for all delays ordered by the charter-party, on the trip upwards to Nueva Helvetia.
What I Saw in California Edwin Bryant
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Chartering brokers are customarily paid by the ship-owner, when the charter-party is effected, whether originally employed by him or by the charterer.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" Various
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_Arms and Ammunition_ -- prohibited to be landed without permission, under the penalty of forfeiting bond and charter-party.
The Present Picture of New South Wales (1811) David Dickinson Mann
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It is owned in partnership by a company, but there is this difference from an ordinary charter-party.
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 28, July, 1873 Various
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