Charter party 租船合同

租船合同是出租人与承租人之间关于由出租人向承租人出租船舶，而由承租人向出租人支付租金的合同。指根据合同，船东将整个船只或其主要部分租给承租人，在一段确定的航期内或确定的航程上将货物运至一个或多个地点，承租人向船东支付运费，根据合同占有并使用整个船只或其主要部分。租船合同也被称为charter agreement，并经常被简称作charter。也可写作charter-party或charterparty。

A charterparty (sometimes charter-party) is a maritime contract between a shipowner and a “charterer” for the hire of either a ship for the carriage of passengers or cargo, or a yacht for pleasure purposes. Charter party is a contract of carriage of goods in the case of employment of a tramp. It means that the charter party will clearly and unambiguously set out the rights and responsibilities of the ship owner and the charterers and any subsequent dispute between them will be settled in the court of law or any agreed forum with reference to the agreed terms and conditions as embodied in the charter party. 以下为相关例句，可供参考：

例句1

Whereas a charterparty is the contract between a shipowner and a charterer, a contract of carriage lies between the shipper and the carrier. A carrier will issue a shipper with a bill of lading, a receipt for cargo shipped which also serves as evidence of the contract of carriage.

租船合同是船东和租船人之间的合同，而运输合同是托运人和承运人之间的合同。承运人将向托运人签发提单，这是已装运货物的收据，也是运输合同的证据。

例句2

The parties of charter party can also form there own terms of contract which would remain free from any other legal interference. in reality the parties of the contract follows those standards of contracts which are generally applicable. These acceptable standards are the result of monopoly of various individual firms in a specific field such as gas etc or some are the results of trade in coal,grain,ore etc.

租船合同的当事方也可以在此处形成自己的合同条款，不受任何其他法律干预。事实上，合同的当事方遵循普遍适用的合同标准。这些可接受的标准是在特定领域（例如天然气等）中各个公司垄断的结果，或者是煤炭，谷物，矿石等的贸易结果。

相关知识拓展：

在租船运输交易实务中，租船合同主要有以下几种：

1、航次租船合同

航次租船合同也称“航程租船合同，定程租船合同”，是指船舶出租人向承租人提供船舶或者船舶的部分舱位，装运约定的货物，从一港口运至另一港口，并由承租人为此向出租人支付约定运费的合同。在法律性质上，航次租船合同是一种海上运输合同。

2、定期租船合同

定期租船合同是指船舶出租人向承租人提供约定的由出租人配备船员的船舶，由承租人在约定的期间内按照约定的用途使用，并向出租人支付租金的合同。在法律性质上，定期租船合同是一种船舶租赁合同。

3、光船租赁合同

光船租赁合同是指船舶出租人向承租人提供不配备船员的船舶，在约定的期间内由承租人占有、使用和营运，并向出租人支付租金的合同。在法律性质上，光船租赁合同是一种船舶租赁合同。