Shipowner

Shipper is that person or shipping company that is responsible for equipping, supplying, crewing and maintaining a vessel owned or under its possession in a state of seaworthiness, in order to assume its management. nautical and operation.

The owner of a vessel who leases it to a third party so that he or she becomes the owner of the vessel (for economically exploiting the vessel) is not a shipowner.

Nor is the shipowner who takes a ship on time charter from its owner, even if he is dedicated to its economic exploitation, even providing services to third parties with it.

It is the natural or legal person who is the owner of the navigation of a ship. You do so at your own risk and expense.