EL FLETAMENTO MARITIMO COMO FACILITADOR DEL COMERCIO INTERNACIONAL

The current economic environment that with the permanent inclusion of new technologies produces and international commercial environment where import and export has become a phenomenon of great proportions characterized by new commercial forms of action and processes, where the Maritime Charter Contract performs a facilitation work in the exchange of commercial goods, as an effective tool in the movement of cargo though the ship, as a transportation device par excellence of the maritime commercial activity that effectively fulfills the possibility of maritime transport through the charter system. The chartering of ships, constitutes one of the oldest legal institutions, dates back to Babylonian las and “its primary purpose is the operation of the ship though the dedication of third-party transport” (Mira Galiani Jaime, 2010, p. 218), either placing it at the disposal of the interested parties to carry out said transport, or without making delivery of the ship, limiting itself to picking up the goods delivered to the respective consignees.  Basically, it is about the contracting of the ship between shippers and shipping companies.  Loaders will be able to choose the type of ship that best suits the needs of the cargo to be transported and the options are chartering and regular line transportation.