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time charter

British  

noun

  1. the hire of a ship or aircraft for a specified period Compare voyage charter

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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

Then a time charter, Norfolk, Virginia, loading mysterious contraband coal and sailing for South Africa under orders of the mysterious German supercargo put on board by the charterers. 

From The Strength of the Strong by London, Jack

A transport is a vessel wholly taken up by the Government on a time charter.

From History of the War in South Africa 1899-1902 v. 1 (of 4) Compiled by Direction of His Majesty's Government by Great Britain. War Office