Deviation (law of the sea)

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In insurance, a deviation is understood to be an unfounded deviation of a ship from its foreseen normal route.

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If a merchant ship deviates from the normal route or one regulated in the transport contract on a voyage, the ship's insurer is released from its liability for the remainder of the voyage. The Marine Insurance Act defines what is meant by the foreseen normal route and what reasons for the deviation are to be counted among the permitted and prohibited. For example, a deviation from the travel route for the purpose of saving life is not counted as an unauthorized deviation.

The term can also gain meaning for people not involved in seafaring when traveling as a passenger on a merchant ship . He then usually has to take out deviation insurance, which pays for financial losses if the ship has to deviate from its travel route in order to provide the passenger with medical care in a port not provided on the route.

literature

  • J. Bes: Chartering and Shipping Terms: Manual for trampoline and liner shipping . 2nd Edition. Uitgeverij C. De Boer Jr., Hilversum 1968.