Cargo - Law Dictionary Search Results
Commercial air transport services
Commercial air transport services, means services for the carriage by air of passengers and cargo for hire or reward (or valuable consideration); see the Civil Aviation Act, 1982, s. 63(2) (UK) Halsbury's Laws
Demurrage charges
Demurrage charges, Demurrage charges are levied in order to ensure quick clearance of the cargo from the harbour. They are always fixed in such a way that they would make it unprofitable for
Dunnage
or other materia placed against the sides and bottom of the hold of a vessel, to stow the cargo.
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Jettison
Jettison, means the act of voluntarily throwing cargo overboard to lighten or stabilise a ship that is in immediate danger. Also termed jacture, Black's Law Dictionary,
Lestagium
Lestagium, lastage or lestage; a duty laid on the cargo of a ship.
Manifesto, or Manifest
Londin. In commercial navigation, a document signed by the master, containing a general statement of the ship and cargo, i.e., the names of the places where the goods have been laden, and the places for which they
Maritime lien
Rep 125. A maritime lien is a claim which attaches to the res i.e., the ship, freight, or cargo. It may arise ex delicto, e.g., compensation for damage by collision, or ex contractu, for services rendered to
Perils of the sea
the seas'), rats gnawed a hole in a pipe on board ship, whereby sea-water escaped and damaged a cargo of rice, without neglect or default on the part of the shipowners or their servants, the damage was
Wreck
Wreck, such goods, including the ship or cargo or any part [(English) Merchant Shipping act, 1894 (57 & 58 Vict. c. 60], ss. 518 to 522,
Protest
of a ship, stating the circumstances under which an injury has happened to the ship, or to the cargo, or other circumstances calculated to affect the liability of the shipowner or the charterer, etc. Also, an objection
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