Implied obligations in a contract of affreightment under English law - Seaworthiness
In day-to-day operations maritime customs and commercial usage play a much more significant role in contracts of affreightment than one might think. Thus, 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐚𝐟𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐝𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐚 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐨𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐚𝐟𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐚𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐞...