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Salvage

the property saved, to the promptitude and alacrity manifested by them, and the value of the ship and cargo, and the danger from which they were rescued. In some cases as much as half of the property

Sea-letter, or Sea-brief

expected to be found on board of every neutral ship. It specifies the nature and quantity of the cargo, the place whence it comes, and its destination. See Arnould on Mar. Ins.

Ship's papers

Ship's papers, documents required for the manifes-tation of the property of the ship and cargo, etc. See a list of them in Form No. 17, Appx. K, of the Rules of the Supreme

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Stevedore

Stevedore [fr. estivar,Sp., to stow], a person employed to stow a cargo on board a ship. See the (English) Merchant Shipping (Stevedores and Trimmers) Act, 1911. --a stevedore is a

Terminal

Terminal, means the place where the cargo and passengers change from one mode to other mode of transportation [National Waterway, Safety of Navigation and Shipping

Time Charter-party

specified goods on a defined voyage on a remuneration or freight usually calculated according to the quantity of cargo carried'. In Carver's Carriage by Sea, it is stated that 'all charter-parties are not contracts of carriage. Sometimes

To arrive at

contract renders the performance conditional on a double event, the arrival in safety of the vessel and her cargo, Johnson v. MacDonald, 12 LJ Ex 99.

Transhipment

Transhipment, taking the cargo out of one ship, and loading another with it. Transhipment. See weapons of mass destruction and their Delivery

Wharf

the shore of a harbour, river, or the like, alongside which vessels may lie to load or unload cargo, passengers etc., also, any landing place for vessels, as a pier or quay, Webster's Dictionary; Board of Trustees

Cartulary

from one to another; for this reason the officer who commands her is particularly ordered to carry on cargo, ammunition, or implements of war, except a single gun for signals

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