Apart from special contract or statute every Shipowner is（）a liability akin to that of a common carrier，irrespective of whether the goods were shipped by a Charterer or on a general ship.

A vessel has a charter party for one voyage to carry a full load of manganese from Durban，South Africa，to Baltimore，Maryland，at a stipulated rate per ton. Which type of contract is involved? （）.

The S.S. Microwave has been chartered to the Longline Steamship Company. The Longline Steamship Company agrees to pay all expenses and employ and pay the crew. Which type of contract is involved? （）.

C／P means:Charter--Party that is made between（）.

As long as the vessel is capable of performing the service immediately required，hire will （）.

A breach of the（）undertaking of seaworthiness at the port of loading entitles the Charterer to refuse to load.

Sometimes the charter-party（）that the vessel must only use safe ports within a certain area.

The Consignee will take it for（）that the shortage is true.

A Contract of Affreightment covering the movement of a particular cargo from one designated port to another at a specified rate for each ton of goods loaded is called a（）.

The importance of the distinction between a charter by demise and a charter party proper （）that under the former the master is the agent of the Charterer，not of the Shipowner.