ship

1.

To put on board a ship; to send by ship. Harrison v. Fortlage, 161 U.S. 57, 16 S.Ct. 488, 490, 40 L.Ed. 616.

To place (goods) on board a vessel for the purchaser or consignee, to be transported at his risk. In a broader sense, to transport; to deliver to a carrier (public or private) for transportation. To send away, to get rid of. To send by established mode of transportation, as to "carry," "convey," or "transport," which are synonymous and defined, respectively, as "to bear or cause to be borne as from one place to another," and "to carry or convey from one place to another." Chicago, R. I. & P. Ry. Co. v. Petroleum Refining Co., D.C.Ky., 39 F.2d 629, 630.

See also send

- shipment

- shipping

2.

ship, noun

A vessel of any kind employed in navigation.

@ general ship

Where a ship is not chartered wholly to one person, but the owner offers her generally to carry the goods of all comers, or where, if chartered to one person, he offers her to several subfreighters for the conveyance of their goods, she is called a "general" ship, as opposed to a "chartered" one. One which is employed by the charterer or owner on a particular voyage, and is hired to a number of persons, unconnected with each other to convey their respective goods to the place of destination. Alexander Eccles & Co. v. Strachan Shipping Co., D.C.Ga., 21 F.2d 653, 655

@ ship broker

An agent for the transaction of business between shipowners and charterers or those who ship cargoes

@ ship-master

The captain or master of a merchant ship, appointed and put in command by the owner, and having general control of the vessel and cargo, with power to bind the owner by his lawful acts and engagements in the management of the ship

@ ship's husband

In old maritime law, a person appointed by the several part-owners of a ship, and usually one of their number, to manage the concerns of the ship for the common benefit. Generally understood to be the general agent of the owners in regard to all the affairs of the ship in the home port

@ ship's papers

The papers which must be carried by a vessel on a voyage, in order to furnish evidence of her national character, the nature and destination of the cargo, and of compliance with the navigation laws.

The ship's papers are of two sorts:

- Those required by the law of a particular country; such as the certificate of registry, license, charter-party, bills of lading and of health and the like.

– Those required by the law of nations to be on board neutral ships, to vindicate their title to that character; these are the pass-port, sea-brief, or sea-letter, proofs of property, the muster roll or role d'equipage, the charter-party, the bills of lading and invoices, the log-book or ship's journal, and the bill of health

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