287. Proceeding 'so near to port of discharge as ship can safely get'.

287. Proceeding 'so near to port of discharge as ship can safely get'.

Carriage and Carriers (Volume 7 (2020)) | Commentary

In practice, charters often provide that the ship is to proceed to the port of discharge or so near to it as she can safely get1. This provision is intended to benefit the shipowner, and its effect is to substitute another destination to which the ship may proceed2. By proceeding to this other destination and delivering