Contracts of Affreightment
- Some obligations include:
- When the agent of the charterer should be given notice by the master
- When the vessel can be loaded and discharged from the port
- When the bills of lading will be issued
- How to pay the demurrage
- Who will be held responsible for potential negligence by the stevedores and crew?
- Other obligations in a contract:
- The Seaworthiness of the ship
- Staying on the agreed route – no deviation
- No shipping Dangerous Goods
- The obligation of reasonable dispatch
- Nominating a safer port
- Frustration