Introduction
In response to the need for up to date provisions covering long-term representation by agents, BIMCO and FONASBA have developed a new General Agency Agreement.
BIMCO would like to thank the following Subcommittee members for their efforts in developing this contract:
Mr Han van Bl...
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The BIMCO President Mr Papagiannopoulos highlighted the main opportunities and threats for shipping coming from digitalisation at the 3rd ShipIT conference in Athens on 27 September 2017. The opportunities and threats include the admin burden on board ships, autonomous ships, blockchain, cyber risk ...
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BIMCO's Past Presidents
Year
President
City
1905-1908
Mr. Adolf Carl
Copenhagen
1908-1908
Mr. Thomas Cairns
Newcastle Upon Tyne
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This BIMCO COVID 19 weekly report for the week ending 28 January covers the World Health Organization (WHO), Bangladesh, Brazil, Cyprus, Hong Kong, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Oman, Philippines, Togo, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom and the latest from the International Maritime Organization (IMO)...
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Explanatory Notes
The following explanatory notes are intended to explain the drafting team’s thinking behind some of the key clauses. This document is intended as a living document and as BIMCO receives questions on some of the clauses, the notes will be expanded.
Structure
The contract is divided ...
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Spills involving oil or hazardous substances can occur for a wide variety of reasons and where pollution occurs, clean-up operations are carried out by appointed spill responders.
In a maritime context the incident giving rise to the spill may also involve salvage operations to save property and pre...
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This BIMCO COVID 19 weekly report for the week ending 25 March covers the International Maritime Organization (IMO), Azerbaijan, China, Panama, Russia, Ukraine, new IMO crew change national focal point of contact, and the latest from the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the World Health ...
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The Agreement
Clause 1 – Definitions
Clause 2 - Duration of the Agreement
Clause 3 - Condition of Equipment on Delivery
Clause 4 - Condition of Equipment on Redelivery
Clause 4 - calculation example for depreciated value
Clause 5 - Delivery Procedures
Clause 6 – Redelivery Procedures
Clause 7 – Del...
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