Ship-owner

Admiralty law

History
Ordinamenta et consuetudo maris Amalfian Laws Hanseatic League
Features
Shipping Freight rate General average Marine insurance Marine salvage Maritime lien Ship mortgage Ship registration Ship transport International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea
Contracts of affreightment
Bill of lading Charter-party
Types of charter-party
Bareboat Demise Time Voyage
Parties
Carrier Charterer Consignee Consignor Shipbroker Ship-manager Ship-owner Shipper Stevedore
Judiciary
Admiralty court Vice admiralty court
International conventions
Hague-Visby Rules Hamburg Rules Rotterdam Rules Maritime Labour Convention International Convention on Salvage United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS)
International organisations
International Maritime Organization London Maritime Arbitrators Association

A shipowner is the owner of a merchant vessel (commercial ship). In the commercial sense of the term, a shipowner is someone who equips and exploits a ship, usually for delivering cargo at a certain freight rate, either as a per freight rate (given price for the transport of a certain cargo between two given ports) or based on hire (a rate per day). Shipowners typically hire a licensed crew and captain rather than take charge of the vessel in person. Usually the shipowner is organized through a company, but also people and investment funds can be ship owners. If owned by a ship company, the shipowner usually performs technical management of the vessel through the company, though this can also be outsourced or relayed onto the shipper through bareboat charter.

References

Huber, Mark (2001). "Ch. 9:Chartering and Operations". Tanker operations: a handbook for the person-in-charge (PIC). Cambridge, MD: Cornell Maritime Press. ISBN 0-87033-528-6.
Turpin, Edward A.; McEwen, William A. (1980). "Ch. 18:United States Navigation Laws and Ship's Business". Merchant Marine Officers' Handbook. Centreville, MD: Cornell Maritime Press. ISBN 0-87033-056-X.

Ship chartering

Agreement types	Voyage charter Time charter Bareboat charter Demise charter Affreightment

Charter-party members	Ship-owner Ship-manager Ship-broker Charterer

Freight rates	Worldscale

Freight derivatives	Baltic Exchange Imarex Baltic Dry Index

Related topics	Tramp trade Bill of lading Demurrage Laytime

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