What is the difference between grounding and stranding?
Ship Inspection
A vessel is stranded when she is aground and cannot refloat without assistance.
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Hull clauses
Hull clauses. Although cover is available to the shipowner for a specified voyage most ships are insured for a period of 12 months, the policy being renewed at the annual expiry date.
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Exceptions to liability
Exceptions to liability. Under a bill of lading the carrier undertakes to deliver the goods to their agreed destination unless prevented by “excepted perils” or “exceptions”. In an early case, Grill v. General Iron Screw Collier Co., 1866, it was said:
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Due diligence
Due diligence. Article III of the Hague Visby Rules and Hague Rules require the carrier to exercise “due diligence” before and at the beginning of the voyage to make the vessel seaworthy. “Seaworthy” means that the vessel must be physically sound, she must have proper equipment and supplies and efficient and sufficient manpower. The vessel must also be “cargoworthy”, that is completely fit and safe to receive, carry and protect the cargo. Before the advent of the Rules, the common law obligation on the carrier was very strict and heavy. “Due diligence” was insufficient.
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Deductibles
Deductibles. Whilst there is no provision in the standard cargo clauses to apply any form of deductible, there is always a deductible expressed in a hull policy on full conditions.
What is a “marine casualty” as defined in the 2012 ARI Regulations?
An event or sequence of events that has resulted in any of the following and has occurred directly by or in connection with the operation of a ship involving:
What entries must be made in the Official Log Book following an accident in or involving a UK ship?
What are the usual types of damage which are recovered from insurers as particular average?
(1) Heavy weather damage; (2) grounding/stranding damage; (3) fire or explosion damage; (4) collision damage; and (5) contact damage (with fixed or floating objects).
What are “perils of the sea”?
Fortuitous accidents or casualties, peculiar to transportation on navigable water, such as stranding, sinking, collision, striking a submerged object, or encountering heavy weather or other unusual forces of nature. The ordinary corrosive action of seawater (which may cause a vessel to leak and founder) is not a peril of the sea, since it is not […]
What emergency checklists are included in the Bridge Procedures Guide (4th edition, 2007)?
C1 Main engine or steering failure; C2 Collision; C3 Stranding or grounding; C4 Man overboard; C5 Fire; C6 Flooding; C7 Search and rescue; and C8 Abandoning ship.
How is the term “accident”, as used in the previous answer, defined in Schedule 3A to the Merchant Shipping Act 1995?
As a collision of ships, stranding or other incident of navigation, or other occurrence on board a ship or external to it resulting in material damage or imminent threat of material damage to a ship or cargo. (The definition follows the wording used in the 1969 Intervention Convention and in UNCLOS.)
What are examples of “overriding factors” that may trigger an additional inspection in the New Inspection Regime?
(1) Ships reported by another Member State excluding unexpected factors; (2) ships involved in a collision, grounding or stranding on their way to port; (3) ships accused of an alleged violation of the provisions on discharge of harmful substances or effluents; (4) ships which have been maneuvered in an erratic or unsafe manner whereby routeing […]
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