contract of affreightment ([schwa]-frayt-m[schwa]nt).Maritime law. An agreement for carriage of goods by water. • A contract of affreightment may employ a bill of lading, a charterparty, or both to ship the goods. — Abbr. COA. — Also termed contract of carriage. See CHARTERPARTY. [Cases: Shipping 104. C.J.S. Shipping §§ 247–250, 252–254.]
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cost, insurance, and freight. A mercantile-contract term allocating the rights and duties of the buyer and the seller of goods with respect to delivery, payment, and risk of loss, whereby the seller must (1) clear the goods for export, (2) arrange for transportation by water, (3) procure insurance against the buyer’s risk of damage during
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charter of affreightment/COA 包运合同；海运合同 指为一段航期，一次或多次航程而占有使用一船只，不论船只是否转让。包运合同分为两种，在法律性质及后果上有很大区别。一种是租船人或是货物承运人虽然没有买船，但在该次航行中他成为该船只的所有人，即根据包运合同租得该船并在该次航行中对该船有完全占有、支配、行驶之权。另一种是租船人或货物承运人没有因包运合同而在该次航行成为船只的所有人，也就是说，该船只在该次航行没有转让给他，他也就在该次航行不负该船只的所有人的责任。 (→affreightment；charter party)
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cost and freight. A mercantile-contract term allocating the rights and duties of the buyer and the seller of goods with respect to delivery, payment, and risk of loss, whereby the seller must (1) clear the goods for export, (2) arrange for transportation by water, and (3) pay the costs of shipping to the port of
cost and freight/C&F/CAF/CFR 成本加运费 国际贸易价格术语之一，指卖方支付成本和将货物运至指定目的港所必需的运费，但货物交至船上之后的灭失或损坏的风险以及因此产生的任何额外费用则自货物在装运港越过船舷时由卖方转移给买方。国际商会《1990年国际贸易条件解释规则》〔INCOTERMS 1990〕更改简化为「CFR」。
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A mercantile-contract term allocating the rights and duties of the buyer and the seller of goods with respect to delivery, payment, and risk of loss, whereby the seller must (1) clear the goods for export, (2) arrange for transportation by water, (3) procure insurance against the buyer’s risk of damage during carriage, and (4) pay
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advance freight 预付运费 即提前支付的运费。因根据普通法承运人在将货物运抵目的地后才有权收取运费，故托运人在发货时支付的运费称为预付运费。它使得托运人可以将提单连同一张运费付讫提货单〔freight release〕背书转让，也使得收货人在货物运达后有权立即提货。