Letter of Credit Forum

Dear Minh Trang,

the deck is the part of a ship, you could normally walk on at the fresh air, in the example of the "ship" underneath the part of the ship left and right of "/TZZ\".

__________/TZZ\___________________
\_______________________________/

So "on Deck" is the same as "above Deck" whereas "under Deck" is the same as "below Deck".

The risk of containers being lost "on Deck" is much higher as "under Deck". That's why insurances do not like to insure them (at the same price) - but if you have a container ship many if not most of the container spaces are on deck.

That's why a B/L bearing a clause that goods     M A Y    B E    stowed on deck are acceptable (art 26 a) 2nd sentence).

So the clause contained in your B/L is absolutely acceptable!

 

-Each long journey starts with a small step-

Best regards

Frammi

dear minh

so far i know under deck is just the opposite of on deck. in fact its the under deck BL that we all seek for. as per general shipping law, if goods are shipped on deck, a special notation to that effect is necessary. but a BL which is silent means the goods are loaded on under deck. if you examine insurance document, you will see generally there are clauses like "coverage apply only if goods are shipped under deck". so nothing to worry about. hope that answer the question.

Shahriar