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Can time charterers have a master and/or officers dismissed?
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Since a time-chartered vessel is under the commercial control of the charterers, what is the master’s position with respect to obeying charterers’ instructions?
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If a bill of lading is basically a receipt issued by the ship for cargo loaded, are time charterers’ agents allowed to sign bills of lading?
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What is a shipmaster’s legal position in relation to time charterers?
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Who is the legal carrier under a time charter?
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Where there is doubt over who the carrier is, what should the master do?
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What do charterers – especially time charterers – sometimes do to protect their interests when the ship is at sea?
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While a time chartered ro-ro freight, ferry is loading cargo, her hydraulics fail making the stern ramp unusable. What provisions in the charter party will usually cover this and other failures of ship’s equipment?