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unseaworthiness [1 record]

Record 1 2018-03-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Shipbuilding
  • River and Sea Navigation
  • Transportation Insurance
DEF

Unfitness of a ship for a particular voyage with a particular cargo.

OBS

This could be, for example, as a result of insufficiency of crew, stores or fuel, machinery or equipment not being in good repair or unfitness to receive or carry the cargo.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Constructions navales
  • Navigation fluviale et maritime
  • Assurance transport
CONT

L'innavigabilité est une notion qui englobe non seulement l'impossibilité pour le navire de naviguer, mais aussi son inaptitude reconnue au service en vue duquel il a été loué : cas par exemple de l'insuffisance des appareils frigorifiques d'un navire destiné à transporter des produits dont la conservation exige le maintien d'une basse température.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Construcción naval
  • Navegación fluvial y marítima
  • Seguro de transporte
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