‘ship owner’ means the natural or legal person registered as the owner of the ship, including the natural or legal person owning the ship for a limited period pending its sale or handover to a ship recycling facility, or, in the absence of registration, the natural or legal person owning the ship or any other organisation or person, such as the manager or the bareboat charterer, who has assumed the responsibility for operation of the ship from the owner of the ship, and the legal person operating a state-owned ship;
ciallaíonn “úinéir loinge” an duine nádúrtha nó an duine dlítheanach atá cláraithe mar úinéir na loinge, lena n-áirítear an duine nádúrtha nó an duine dlítheanach ar leis an long ar feadh tréimhse teoranta fad is atá a díol le saoráid athchúrsála long nó a aistriú chuig saoráid athchúrsála long ar feitheamh, nó de cheal clárú, an duine nádúrtha nó an duine dlítheanach ar leis an long nó aon eagraíocht eile nó aon duine eile, amhail an bainisteoir nó cairtfhostóir lánchostais, a ghlac chuige an fhreagracht an long a oibriú ó úinéir na loinge, mar aon leis an duine dlítheanach a oibríonn long atá faoi úinéireacht stáit;