38 §161. Liability to freighters

§161. Liability to freighters A ship owner is not answerable beyond the amount of the ship owner’s interest in the vessel and freight for the embezzlement, loss or destruction, by the master and mariners, of any property put on board of such vessel, or for any act of theirs without the ship owner’s privity or […]

38 §162. Charterer deemed owner; responsibility to real owner

§162. Charterer deemed owner; responsibility to real owner For the purposes of section 161, the charterer of any vessel, navigating the same at the charterer’s own expense, is deemed the owner. If loss happens to any person from the causes therein mentioned and it is compensated from the freight or vessel, the owner thereof may […]