Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

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active-operations duty

Maritime law. A shipowner's obligation to provide safe working conditions, in the work areas controlled by the shipowner, for the stevedore and longshoremen who are loading or unloading the ship. - Also termed active-control-of-vessel duty. Cf. TURNOVER DUTY; INTERVENTION DUTY.