Chartering

A CIF Charter is a charter party (contract of carriage) for the hire of a vessel or the carriage of goods under a CIF-type arrangement: under CIF (Cos...

FOB Charter refers to a charter party arrangement in which the seller’s obligations end once the cargo has been loaded on board the vessel at the name...

Air charter is the commercial service of hiring an entire aircraft for transporting cargo or passengers according to the specific schedule, routing, a...

Chartering practice refers to the practice of chartering ships or freight capacity, including the legal, operational, and commercial processes, agreem...

A charter party is a contract by which the owner of a vessel (or other transport means) agrees to hire out all or part of its capacity to a charterer ...

A time charter is a contract under which the shipowner leases a vessel to the charterer for a specified period, with the charterer directing the voyag...