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适用于船东和租家
近期埃博拉病毒在西非地区暴发之前，有关检疫和租船合同的法律问题大都限于理论和课本上的争论。然而，鉴于当下暴发的疫情，为今后类似情况的发生做好准备，现在是时候审查租船合同的相关内容了。

背景情况
我们已经在很长一段时间都没有遇到，某一种疾病可以对贸易和航运产生这么大的影响，直到近期埃博拉病毒的暴发成为全球媒体的聚焦点。部分原因可能是由于二十一世纪通信和媒体的特性，即，全球即时廿四小时的新闻播报。这一点也可以解释，为什么上世纪90年代的印度瘟疫暴发在全球的影响力要小很多，对航运的破坏性也相对小很多。

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Quarantine and charterparties – Ebola Outbreak

This is applicable to Shipowners and Charterers.
Until the recent Ebola outbreak in West Africa, the legal questions concerning quarantine and charterparties were the stuff of theoretical and textbook debate. It is, however, now very appropriate to review charter arrangements in the light of not just the existing outbreak but also to prepare for the likely risk of similar situations in the future.

The situation
Until the recent Ebola outbreak started to grab the attention of the world’s media it had been a long time since a disease had caused this much of an issue for shipping and trade. This may in part be due to the nature of communication and media in the 21st century, a 24 hour world with instant news reporting, which is why issues such as the plague outbreak in India in the 1990s were perhaps much lesser known events and which caused far less disruption to shipping activities.

See attached file:
ALCO20140048 Quarantine and charterparties – Ebola Outbreak.pdf
Quarantine and the Ebola outbreak_Hill Dickinson.pdf