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NIPPONORE

The NIPPONORE iron ore voyage charter party was published by the Documentary Committee of the Japan Shipping Exchange and adopted by BIMCO. The latest edition of this contract is NIPPONORE, issued in 1973.

BISCOILVOY 1986

The BISCOILVOY 1986 voyage charter party was developed for the carriage of vegetable and animal oils and fats. The latest edition of this contract is BISCOILVOY 86.

SOVCOAL 1987

The Soviet Coal Charter was developed for the coal, coke and coaltarpitch trade from the USSR. The latest edition of this contract is SOVCOAL 1987.

Preview the new edition of BARECON and give your feedback

The revision of BIMCO’s industry standard bareboat charter party, BARECON 2001, has been going on for over a year now. The draft has been circulated to more than 20 companies or individuals in the bareboat chartering industry for comments and feedback.

NAVEXCON

The Standard Naval Exercise Contract, NAVEXCON, was developed for the short-term charter of merchant ships to participate in military navigational exercises. In order to properly train military personnel in navigation techniques and to familiarise them with the handling of modern merchant tonnage, r... Please follow the link to continue reading.

Hire and termination clauses reviewed in BARECON update

BARECON 2001 is being updated to reflect changes in commercial practice and legal development in the 15 years since it was published. At a meeting held at BIMCO House on 29 September the focus of the revision team was the hire and termination provisions.

Damaged towing gear – who pays?

Tow wires on board tugs are expensive. If they break during an ocean towage operation, who should be responsible for repairing or replacing them? These and other issues were discussed in the latest meeting of the revision of BIMCO’s towage agreements TOWCON and TOWHIRE 2008.