1) A contract of affreightment is common in charter transportation.

2) This paper firstly discusses those four affreightment businesses' concepts and characteristics, and emphasizes the question of apportionment of expenses so as to convenience the research later.

3) Volume Contract; the Rotterdam Rules; Contract of Affreightment; Ocean Liner Service Agreement; Freedom of Contract.

4) At first, the paper is defining these affreightment businesses and dividing them into two types: hire-transportation and property leasing.

5) Immediate notice should be given to the company when the cargo owner's actual responsibility under the contract of affreightment "Both to Blame Collision" clauses becomes known.

6) This paper is mostly researching the financial decision-making of these affreightment businesses.

7) Then the paper comes to its main point: the theory and method of financial decision-making of shipping companys affreightment businesses.

8) Then comes to the paper's main point: the accounting processing to affreightment businesses.

9) Immediate notice should be given to the Company when the Cargo Owner's actual responsibility under the contract of affreightment "Both to Blame Collision" clause becomes known.

10) Furthermore, this thesis discusses the main components in the contract of affreightment as the parties, the contract period, the cargo,[http:///affreightment.html] the vessels and the programme of shipments.