bare-boat charter
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From 310 U.S. 268 - Dannebrog v. Signal Oil & Gas Co. · 1940Most cited · 346 citing opinions
There is a plain distinction between a case of a bare-boat charter, where the charterer mans the vessel, and a case where the charter party is a mere contract for the carriage of goods. In the former there is a clear demise; in the latter, the charterer is in substance only a shipper.