safe port clause
safe-port clause. Maritime law. A provision in a voyage or time charterparty obligating the charterer to choose a port where the ship will be safe from damage. • The ship’s master can refuse to enter the port without breaching the charter. But if the master reasonably enters the port and the ship is damaged, the charterer is liable. Cf. SAFE-BERTH CLAUSE. [Cases: Shipping 39, 55. C.J.S. Shipping §§ 74, 85, 88, 91, 141–144.]
