The S.S. Slip Knot has been chartered to the Longline Steamship Company. The Longline Steamship Company agrees to pay all expenses and employ and pay the crew. Which type of contract is involved?
• Differences between time, voyage, and bareboat/demise charters • Who is responsible for manning and operating the vessel under each charter type • Who pays for voyage expenses and crew wages in each charter type
• Ask yourself: In which charter does the charterer take over most responsibilities like an owner, including hiring and paying the crew? • For a time and voyage charter, think: Does the shipowner usually keep control of the crew and navigation, or does the charterer take that over? • Consider which charter is closest to a temporary transfer of the vessel as if the charterer were the owner for a period of time.
• Identify which option describes a charter where the charterer, not the owner, employs and pays the crew • Confirm which charter type normally leaves navigation and management of the ship with the owner • Verify which charter is essentially a contract for the use of carrying capacity (time or trip), not for taking over the ship’s operation itself
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