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A passenger cruiseship charter in which the hiring of a passenger cruise ship in regular service for a limited period of time is exclusively for a private function and uses all accommodations. That is often for business meetings or conferences, music festivals, charity fundraisers or global events such as the Olympic Games.
Waterman and associates started with just one ship, the Eastern Sun leased from the U.S. Shipping Board for service to Liverpool and Manchester. [1] In 1955, McLean Industries, Inc. purchased the stock of Waterman Steamship Corporation from the stockholders. [2]
International Freighting Corporation of New York City was a US shipping company whose main operations was chartered shipping from United States ports to South America. International Freighting Corporation owned and operated an ocean liner service called American Republics Line, with service from New York to South America. In 1920 Scovil Company ...
They were built by the American Ship Building Company of Tampa, Fla., for Ocean Product Tankers of Houston, Texas, for long-term time charter to MSC, and entered service in 1985-87. These tankers embark on many unique missions including refueling the National Science Foundation in Antarctica and Thule Air Base in Greenland.
American Export-Isbrandtsen Lines, New York, was the leading US-flag shipping company between the U.S. east coast and the Mediterranean from 1919 to 1977, offering both cargo ship and passenger ship services, until it declared bankruptcy and was acquired by Farrell Lines of New York.
In a demise (or bareboat) charter, the charterer takes responsibility for the crewing and maintenance of the ship during the time of the charter. S/he assumes the legal responsibilities of the owner, and is known as a disponent owner. [citation needed] In a time charter, the vessel is hired for a specific amount of time. The shipowner manages ...
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Military Sealift Command ships are made up of a core fleet of ships owned by the United States Navy and others under long-term-charter augmented by short-term or voyage-chartered ships. [3] During a time charter MSC takes control of a merchant ship and operates it for the chartered amount of time.