Meaning of ship's days | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The days allowed for a vessel to load or unload.
   archaic, plural, plural-only
2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see ship, day.
   plural, plural-only

Examples

“As a general rule⟳, i.e., in the absence of a custom of the Port, or a stipulation to the contrary, "lay-days" mean⟳ "running days," and include⟳ Sundays and fixed holidays; one exception being where the ship has reported too late for the Merchant to begin⟳ discharging in fair time on Saturday, in which case the Merchant would be entitled to begin⟳ to count⟳ his "lay-days" from the following Monday, or first working day, which the late reporting of the ship on Saturday gives him the advantage of; the ship's days would then run⟳ on as running days—the succeeding Sundays and holidays counting as "days" against the Merchant.”

“The bye-law in the harbour (at Boulogne) stipulates that a ship's days do not count⟳ until 24 hours after she gets a quay berth.”

“Both completely discharged of locomotives and cargoes in 13 days with saving of 15 ship's days in unloading the 33 locomotives erected as compared with same number⟳ of locomotives not erected and further saving of 14 days of erecting forces.”

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