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Ashipowner,ship owner orship-owner is the owner of aship. They can bemerchant vessels involved in theshipping industry or non commercially owned. In the commercial sense of the term, a shipowner is someone who equips and exploits a ship, usually for deliveringcargo at a certainfreight rate, either as a per freight rate (given price for the transport of a certain cargo between two given ports) or based on hire (a rate per day). Shipowners typically hire a licensedcrew andcaptain rather than take charge of the vessel in person. Usually the shipowner is organized through acompany, but also people andinvestment funds can be shipowners. If owned by aship company, the shipowner usually performstechnical management of the vessel through the company, though this can also beoutsourced or relayed onto the shipper throughbareboat charter.[1][2]
Shipowners are usually members of a national Chamber of Shipping such as theUK Chamber of Shipping. TheInternational Chamber of Shipping is the global organisation for ship-owners and their respective national chambers, representing approximately 80% of the entire world shippingtonnage.[3]
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