324. Negligence of shipowner's employees.

324. Negligence of shipowner's employees.

Carriage and Carriers (Volume 7 (2020)) | Commentary

Excepted perils in a charterparty1 presumptively do not protect the shipowner where the peril which causes the loss is attributable to the negligence of his employees: as a result it is not unusual for the charterparty to contain a negligence clause extending the scope of the exceptions