Once the preparations necessary for loading goods onto a ship have been completed based on a voyage charter contract (meaning a transportation contract that covers the whole or part of a ship; hereinafter the same applies in this Section), the master must issue notice of this to the charterer without delay.
航海傭船契約（船舶の全部又は一部を目的とする運送契約をいう。以下この節において同じ。）に基づいて運送品の船積みのために必要な準備を完了したときは、船長は、遅滞なく、傭船者に対してその旨の通知を発しなければならない。
If the period of loading is specified but the time of its commencement is not specified in a voyage charter contract, that period is counted from the day on which the notice referred to in the preceding paragraph is issued. In this case, the period of loading does not include any period during which the loading of goods is impeded due to force majeure.
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carrier
「運送人」
A person whose business is undertaking land, marine or air transportation.
Defined inArticle 569, paragraph (1), item (i)· applies throughout the law
ship
「船舶」
In the part on maritime commerce (except Article 747), a ship used for navigation for the purpose of commercial transactions (商行為), other than rowboats and other boats driven only or mainly by oars.
Defined inArticle 684, paragraph (1)
voyage charter contract
「航海傭船契約」
A contract of carriage whose object is all or part of a ship.
Defined inArticle 748, paragraph (1)· applies only in this section