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False alert

False alert

Created OnFebruary 6, 2018
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Distress alert received from any source, including communications equipment intended for alerting, when no distress situation actually exists, and a notification of distress should not have resulted.

Related:

  • Arrived ship
  • False alarm
  • Dreadage or Dreading Clause
  • Hog (Hogging)
  • Distress alert
  • COA (Contract of Affreightment)

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