turnover duty

turnover duty. Maritime law. A shipowner’s obligation to provide safe working conditions and to give notice of any nonobvious hazards regarding instruments and areas that the shipowner turns over to the stevedore and longshoremen while the ship is being loaded or unloaded. Cf. ACTIVE-OPERATIONS DUTY; INTERVENTION DUTY. [Cases: Shipping 84(3).]

---

词条贡献者

法律翻译舒婷，知名法学院保险学专业，专注翻译各类与保险与再保险诉讼有关的法律文件。