Essential Best Practice is relevant for time charterers, voyage charterers and cargo traders who move goods and commodities by sea under maritime contracts. This books is above all a practical guide for ship operators which brings together the various facets of marine insurance exclusively as it affects ship charterers, ranging in chartering activities from those who become fully immersed in the operation of chartered ships to those who may only book space in a ship, and in such a way that it should become an indispensable tool for chartering practitioners.