• The voyage charterer may lease the entire vessel for a voyage or series of voyages — or may (by “space charter”) lease only part of the vessel. Cf. time charter. [Cases: Shipping 41. C.J.S. Shipping §§ 92–101.]
voyage charter
A charter under which the shipowner provides a ship and crew, and places them at the disposal of the charterer for the carriage of cargo to a designated port.