ABSTRACT
Reflecting the hybrid nature of containers, which to some people are things to be put on board a ship to be carried as cargo, and to other people form an extension of the ship for the carriage of goods, the insurance forms which cover containers contain elements extracted from the standard conditions covering both cargoes and ships. The container operator may be a shipowner, freight forwarder or a mere lessor of travelling boxes for others to use, but whatever the nature of his operation he will require an insurance which will cover all his containers, wherever they may be, and whatever their value, on the same general conditions. Hence the importance of the detailed information to be presented to the underwriters at the commencement of the risk, which will be copied into the schedule which appears at the end of the policy form (or which is attached to it), and the need for clear identification of each of the containers covered by the policy.
