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426 OBLIGATIONS
598 The lessor retains the navigation, management, employment
and agency of the ship.
599 The lessor is responsible for cargo received on board in
accordance with the terms of the contract, and in the absence
of such terms, with Articles 643 and following.
600 The lessee is bound to provide a cargo in the quantity
and quality agreed upon, which the lessor loads, stows, trims
and discharges.
601 The lessee pays the lessor the freight agreed upon in the
contract or, in the absence of any agreement, that fixed at a
reasonable rate.
602 No freight is payable if the cargo is not delivered.
603 Freight is payable on delivery of the cargo, notwithstanding
loss, damage or delay, without prejudice, however, to
the recourses of the lessee.
When, for a reason not imputable to the lessor, it is
impossible to complete the voyage, the lessee must pay
reasonable compensation on delivery of the cargo.
604 The lessor has a right of retention on the cargo for
freight, dead freight, demurrage and damages for detention.
When the cargo is delivered by the lessor to a person
other than the lessee, the lessee is not responsible for freight,
demurrage and damage for detention incurred at the port of
discharge, except to the extent that the lessor, using diligence,
is unable to obtain payment by exercising his right of retention
on the cargo.