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Ship's agent

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Ship's husband

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Insurance

in all the principal ports of the world, who forward regularly to Lloyd's accounts of the departures of ships from, and arrivals at, such ports, as well as of losses and other casualties; and, in general, all … The joint affairs of the subscribers to these rooms are managed by a committee chosen by the sub-scribers. Agents (who are commonly styled Lloyd's agents) are appointed in all the principal ports of the world, who forward

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Lloyd's

Lloyd's. in the second half of the seventeenth century a number of merchants, ship-owners, and insurance brokers were accustomed to meet in Lloyd's Coffee House in the City of London. From these … throughout the world as a centre of marine insurance. Shipping intelligence of all kinds is collected by Lloyd's agents all over the world and forwarded to London. Signal stations have been established under the provisions of (English)

Part-owners, or co-owners

extent of his own several right and interest. It is an entirely different relation from partnership. Part-owners of ships are tenants in common, with distinct and undivided interest, and each is the agent of the others, as … interest in the property. If the property is in land, by the (English) Law of Property Act, 1925, s. 1 (6), a legal estate is not capable of subsisting or of being created in an undivided share

Advance note

Advance note. A draft on the owners of a ship or their agents issued by the captain to a seaman for a sum not exceeding a month's wages … Advance note. A draft on the owners of a ship or their agents issued by the captain to a seaman for a sum not exceeding a month's wages payable to the

Law of shipping

Law of shipping, means the part of maritime law relating to the building, equipping, registering, owning, inspecting, transporting, and employing of … Law of shipping, means the part of maritime law relating to the building, equipping, registering, owning, inspecting, transporting, and employing of … inspecting, transporting, and employing of ships alongwith the laws applicable to shipmasters, agents, crews and cargoes; the maritime law relating to ships. Also termed shipping

Indian consular officer

authorised by the Central Government to perform the functions of consul-general, consul, vice-consul, consular agent or proconsul. [Merchant Shipping Act, 1958 (44 of 1958), s. 3(1)(17)]

Carrier

Means someone who has contracted to carry, as opposed to a mere agent who brings about the contract of carriage between two principals, Ulster ' … carriage by land only; as to carriage by sea, or partly by land and partly by sea, see SHIPOWNER. See Macnamara on Carriers; Chitty on Contracts; CARRIAGE BY AIR. Means a person who is engaged in the … Carrier, in its general sense, a person who undertakes to transport the goods of other persons from one place to another for hire.

Bill of Lading

acknowledging the receipt of goods by a carrier or by the shipper's agent; a document that indicates the receipt of goods for shipment and that … Bill of Lading, a memorandum signed by masters of ships, in their capacity of carriers, acknowledging the receipt of merchants' goods, of which there are usually three parts-one … Bill of Lading, a memorandum signed by masters of ships, in their capacity of carriers, acknowledging the receipt of merchants' goods, of which there

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