Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.

Voyage

Maritime law. The passing of a vessel by sea from one place, port, or country to another. ( Courts generally hold that the term includes the entire enterprise, not just the route.

foreign voyage

A voyage to a port or place within the territory of a foreign nation. 0 If the voyage is from one port in a foreign country to another port in the same country, it is considered a foreign voyage.

freighting voyage

A voyage that involves a vessel's transporting cargo between terminal points.

freighting voyage.

See VOYAGE.

trading voyage

A voyage that contemplates a vessel's touching and stopping at various ports to traffic in, buy and sell, or exchange commodities on the owners' and shippers' account.

voyage charter

A charter under which the shipowner provides a ship and crew, and places them at the disposal of the charterer for the carriage of cargo to a designated port. The voyage charterer may lease the entire vessel for a voyage or series of voyages - or may (by "space charter") lease only part of the vessel.

voyage insurance

See INSURANCE.

voyage policy

A marine-insurance policy that insures a vessel or its cargo during a specified voyage.