time charter
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Freight rates are the prices charged to ship goods, and can be assessed on a time charter or in the daily spot market.
From Barron's • Apr. 22, 2026
This includes a time charter agreement supposedly signed in July 2005 by Blue Ocean and another Abramovich company in the BVI called Eyke Services.
From BBC • Jan. 28, 2025
At the same time, charter schools, which are privately run but publicly funded, saw enrollment increase by 7 percent, or nearly 240,000 students, according to the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools.
From Washington Post • Jan. 30, 2022
The Liberian-flagged MT Kerala was under a time charter contract for Sonangol when it vanished off the coast of the capital Luanda on January 18 before being intercepted by the Nigerian navy a week later.
From Reuters • Feb. 25, 2014
Back to Australia, another time charter and general merchandise picked up at Sydney, Melbourne, and Adelaide, and carried on to Mauritius, Lourenço Marques, Durban, Algoa Bay, and Cape Town.
From The Strength of the Strong by London, Jack
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