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It would be disastrous if shipowners and insurers were to assume, that a neutral vessel, if destined for a neutral port, is necessarily safe from capture.
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Thomas Erskine Holland
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Holland warns about the risks for shipowners and insurers regarding neutral vessels in wartime.
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