In our private legal system, responsibility is addressed in two main headings. The first is the source of the debtor’s responsibility. Second, is the case of when the debtor is legally responsible, what he will be liable to the creditor. As a principle, when the debtor is legally responsible for the creditor, unlimited personal liability with all his assets comes into question. As there are a number of other exceptions to this principle, the responsibility of the equipment that constitute our position is an exception to this general rule. In this essay, it is aimed to systematically address the relevant rules limiting their responsibility in terms of maritime law technique, after revealing the sources of the responsibilities of the shipowner who is the main actor of maritime. It should also be emphasized that these provisions are accepted as applying to the ship operating contractor, who is qualified as non-owner.