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FREIGHT EARNING [3 records]

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Record 1 2026-01-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Maritime Law
CONT

This Act, which must be regarded as the actual beginning of the modern rule as to the limitation of shipowners’ liability, referred only to British-owned vessels, and the limit of liability was the value of the ship and the freight which she was earning or was under contract to earn.(Roscoe, Admiralty Jurisdiction and Practice of the High Court of Justice, 1931, p. 232).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit maritime

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Derecho marítimo
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Record 2 2016-02-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insurance
  • Transportation Insurance
OBS

The earning or acquisition of any freight, passage money, commission, profit or other pecuniary benefit or the security for any advances, loans or disbursements, is endangered by the exposure of insurable property to maritime perils;....

French

Domaine(s)
  • Assurances
  • Assurance transport
OBS

Lorsque des avantages pécuniaires, notamment le fret, le prix du transport de passagers, la commission et la sûreté donnée pour avances, prêts ou débours, sont compromis parce que les biens assurables en cause sont exposés à des périls maritimes; (...).

Spanish

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Record 3 2003-04-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Transport of Goods
  • Pricing (Water Transport)
CONT

Net registered tonnage. This is assumed to represent a measure of the ship's freight earning capacity, and is the figure usually employed to assess port and light dues.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transport de marchandises
  • Tarification (Transport par eau)

Spanish

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