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PORT REFUGE [5 records]

Record 1 2018-03-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ports
  • Water Transport
DEF

[A] port or place that a vessel diverts to when her master considers it unsafe to continue the voyage due to a peril that threatens the common safety.

Key term(s)
  • refuge port
  • refuge harbor
  • harbor of refuge

French

Domaine(s)
  • Ports
  • Transport par eau
DEF

Port non prévu dans l'itinéraire et dans lequel un navire se réfugie à la suite de circonstances imprévisibles mettant sa sécurité en péril.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Puertos
  • Transporte por agua
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Record 2 2015-10-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Maritime Law
  • Shipbuilding
  • Offences and crimes
  • Transportation Insurance
CONT

When, once [ship seaworthy] she has reached a port of refuge, whatever may be the cause of her unseaworthiness, she must not proceed to sea again in an unseaworthy condition, otherwise the shipowner is responsible, whether the original cause of her unseaworthiness is covered by an exception or not, since the master, in leaving the port of refuge without repairing, is guilty of negligence.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit maritime
  • Constructions navales
  • Infractions et crimes
  • Assurance transport
CONT

[...] Le présent article n'a pas pour effet d'engager la responsabilité du représentant autorisé d'un bâtiment canadien du fait de l'envoi du bâtiment en voyage en état d'innavigabilité lorsque pareil envoi était raisonnable et justifiable pour obvier à une situation dangereuse.

Spanish

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Record 3 2009-07-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Water Transport
  • Maritime Law
CONT

[In the Transportation of Dangerous Goods Regulations] "home-trade voyage, Class II", means a home-trade voyage in the course of which(a) on the Atlantic coast, a ship does not go south of the port of New York, or on the Pacific Coast, a ship does not go south of Portland, Oregon,(b) the ship is at no time more than 120 miles off shore, and(c) the distance between suitable ports of refuge on the voyage does not exceed 200 nautical miles.

OBS

home trade voyage: From the federal certification project (Marine Certification Regulations Section 33) to become effective after 1996.

Key term(s)
  • home trade voyage

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transport par eau
  • Droit maritime
OBS

«cabotage» : Navigation marchande non loin des côtes. [...] Le cabotage est international s'il se fait entre ports nationaux et étrangers; national s'il ne se fait qu'entre ports nationaux.

OBS

voyage de cabotage : Extrait du projet de règlement fédéral (Règlement sur la délivrance des brevets et des certificats - Marine Article 33) qui entrera en vigueur après 1996.

Spanish

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Record 4 1989-10-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Water Transport
CONT

[In the Transportation of Dangerous Goods Regulations] "home-trade voyage, Class II", means a home-trade voyage in the course of which(a) on the Atlantic Coast, a ship does not go south of the port of New York, or on the Pacific Coast, a ship does not go south of Portland, Oregon,(b) the ship is at no time more than 120 miles off shore, and(c) the distance between suitable ports of refuge on the voyage does not exceed 200 nautical miles.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transport par eau

Spanish

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Record 5 1987-06-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Law of the Sea
CONT

In respect of ships, the flag state has plenary jurisdiction overall the world, not because the ship is treated as a floating part of national territory, but as a matter of practical convenience. Municipal laws vary as to the extent of jurisdiction asserted over foreign merchant ships in internal waters of particular states, but it is generally accepted that a vessel does not wholly subject herself to local jurisdiction by taking refuge in a port by reason of stress of weather.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit de la mer
DEF

Situation d'un navire qui, pour échapper à un danger imminent résultant de l'état de la mer, de ses avaries ou de la poursuite dont il est l'objet, est contraint de se réfugier dans un port étranger ou de s'arrêter dans les eaux territoriales d'un autre État.

Spanish

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