COMMERCIALSHIPPING

HANDBOOKSECOND EDITION

BY

PETER BRODIEF.I.C.S.,F.I.CD.D.S.

informaLONDON

2006

Table of Contents

Preface to the second edition viiPreface to the first edition ixAcknowledgements xiAbout the Author xiiiList of Illustrations xixList of Abbreviations xxi

Arrived ship 1Ballast '. 2Baltic Exchange 3Baltic Exchange indices 5Bareboat charter 5Berth 17Bill of lading : 18Bill of lading as document of title 22Bill of lading as evidence of contract of carriage 24Bill of lading as receipt 25Bill of lading—common clauses 25BIMCO (Baltic and International Maritime Council) 28BIMCO sundry documents 29BIMCO time charter-parties 30BIMCO voyage charter-parties 31Bookings 61Both to blame collision clause 62Breakbulk liner ancillary charges 62British International Freight Association (BIFA) 64British Shippers'Council (BSC) 71Bulk carriers 72Bunker surcharge 74Bunkers 76Cancellation of a charter 78Cargo handling charges 79Cargo types 80Carrier 81Chamber of Shipping 83Change of destination 85Charter documentation 86Charter freight terms 89Chartering 92Chartering—offer and counter-offer 93

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Charter-party 96Charter-party bills of lading, waybills and cargo receipts ., 97Classification societies 98CLECAT 102Combined transport 103Combined transport bill of lading 104Congestion 105Consignment 106Container freight 109Containers and associated ancillary charges 112Contract of affreightment 116Convention on Facilitation of International Maritime Traffic 117Conventional freight and the export contract 129Currency adjustment factor .' 132Dangerous goods 135Delivery and re-delivery (time-charter) 140Disbursements 142Draught 142Dry cargo ships 145European Sea Ports Organisation (ESPO) '.. 147European Shippers' Council 149Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) 152Federation of European Maritime Associations of Surveyors

and Consultants (FEMAS) 153FIATAWarehouse Receipt (FIATA FWR) 155Flag 157Forwarder's Certificate of Receipt (FIATA FCR) : , 157Forwarder's Certificate ofTransport (FIATA FCT) 160Forwarding agent 162Forwarding Instructions (FIATA FFI) 164Freeboards and load lines 166Freight 167ICC International Maritime Bureau (1MB) 168Ice clause 169Incoterms 170Inland haulage 175Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers (ICS) 176InterManager—International Ship Managers'Association (ISMA) 177International Association of Classification Societies (IACS) 181International Association of Dry Cargo Shipowners (Intercargo) 182International Association of Independent Tanker Owners (INTERTANKO) 184International Association of Ports and Harbors (IAPH) 186International Bunker Industry Association Ltd (IBIA) 187ICHCA International Limited (IIL) 187International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) 189International Convention on Load Lines 191International Harbour Masters'Association (IHMA) 192International Maritime Organization (IMO) 193International Safety Management (ISM) Code 196

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International Ship Suppliers'Association (ISSA) 198International Transport Workers'Federation (ITF) .'. 199ISMACode <. ~ 201Laytime—calculation 205Laytime—commencement 208Liner and conference tariffs 209Liner contracts 214Liner ship positions 216liner shipping—how it is regulated 217liner shipping—how it is structured 219liner shipping—trades 221liner surcharges 223Lloyd's Agents 224London Shipping Law Centre 225London Tanker Brokers' Panel 226Manifest 229Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) 229Maritime engineering 230Multimodal transport bill of lading 232Multipurpose ships 235Nautical Institute 236Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) 237Penalties 238Port types 241Post fixture work 242Protection and Indemnity Club (P&Iclub) 243Royal Institution of Naval Architects (RINA) 244Sale and purchase (s&p) 245Security 245Ship operating costs 250Ship types 251 .Shipbroker 7. 253Snipping 256Shipping documents 258Shipping instructions : 261Ship's agent 261Ship's dimensions and capacities 262Ship's documents 265SITPRO 266Standard Shipping Note (SSN) 267Stowage 269Strike clause 270 ;

Sub-charter 272Sundry charter-party clauses (found in both voyage and time charters) 273Sundry time charter-party clauses 275Sundry voyage charter-party clauses 277Surveys 280Tally (to) 281Tankers 282

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Tides , 285Timecharter 286United Nations Conference on Trade and'Development (UNCTAD) 288Vehicle carriers ". 292Voyage charter 293Voyage charter—ship's position 297Voyage estimate , 299War risk surcharge '. 300Waybill '. 300Weather routing 301Weights and measures 303Worldscale 305

Index 309

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