Range of dates within the hire contract must start.

No cure no pay is a form of salvage contract in which the salvor receives no payment if s/he fails to save any property. The payment will be made under this scheme only if the party makes a successful claim.

An original copy of a bill of landing for an order that must be shipped.

An event that directly and exclusively results from the occurrence of natural causes that could not have been prevented by the exercise of foresight or caution; an inevitable accident.

Any discrepancy between the actual shipment and what is stated on the bill of lading. These can result in additional charges from freight carriers. 

Chartering or hiring vessel as freight carrier.

A person who transacts business on behalf of another person or company with full or limited decision. 

A heavy object attached to a vessel by a cable or rope and cast overboard to keep the vessel in place either by its weight or by its flukes, which grip the bottom.

To settle or decide a dispute.

A mini-trial, which may be for a lawsuit ready to go to trial, held in an attempt to avoid a court trial and conducted by a person or a panel of people who are not judges.