Affreightment

n. renting of cargo ships

Affreightment (from freight) is a legal term used in shipping. Contract of Affreightment is the expression usually employed to describe the contract between a ship-owner and another person called the charterer, by which the ship-owner agrees to carry goods of the charterer in his ship, or to give to the charterer the use of the whole or part of the cargo-carrying space of the ship for the carriage of his goods on a specified voyage or voyages or for a specified time. The charterer on his part agrees to pay a specified price, called freight, for the carriage of the goods or the use of the ship.
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(n.)
The act of hiring, or the contract for the use of, a vessel, or some part of it, to convey cargo.
  

A transportation contract whereby a transportation company, shipowner or operator agrees to carry goods in return for a sum of money, the sum being paid called freight. - (read more on Affreightment)
  

affreightment /ə'freitmənt/
danh từ (hàng hải) sự thuê tàu, chở hàngcontract of affreightment: giao kèo thuê tàu chở hàng
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