Meaning of armator | Babel Free

Definitions

A shipowner.

rare

Examples

“If the ſaid deſerters can only be arreſted after the departure of the ſhip, they ſhall be condemned to eight days confinement, to return the advances, and to pay to the captain, or the armators, the damages ariſing from their deſertion, if there are any; and ſhall make a campaign of three months in the ſhips of his majeſty, at two-thirds of pay.”

“Thus, when a difference arose between the armators of two privateers on the subject of sharing the prize Jeune Française of Calais “sur le pied d’homme pour homme,” the Court ordered sale of the cargo by both armators jointly (Amirauté 4, f.12). […] John Bowden, armator of the Prosperous Galley, Captain Hubert, brought such an action in the Royal Court in 1707 concerning differences with the armators of the Marlborough, Captain Naftel, about the claim of the Prosperous to have shared in the capture of the St. James of Ile de Dars. […] The armators of the Marlborough contended that Bowden and Hubert were out of power to prosecute before another Court while the case was before the Court of Jugements.”

“The second berth serves a ferry line linking the Stockholm agglomeration and Gdansk - operated by a Swedish armator 3 times a week. […] The Polish Baltic Steamship Co - leading Polish ferry armator - should operate in the near future at least two new ferries - built on fixed routes. […] The ferry is the most modern operated by Polish armators - equipped with the latest solutions in the field of passenger safety, and all modern conveniences. […] In turn, Polish Baltic Steamship Company as an armator has opened a new line from Swinoujscie to Malmo - which is situated only 45km away from Ystad. It creates a new situation of competition between the two Polish ferry armators who operate on the Baltic Sea.”

“For instance, a manufacturer who buys metals under a FOB specification is responsible for organizing the shipping but the armator is in charge of managing the shipping and holds the corresponding risk.”

“Eleven children died during the forty-one day journey to Algiers as a consequence of the armators’ scrimping on costs.”

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