Indian Holiday Calendar Supplement now available

Indian culture is incredibly diverse! The 1.4 billion inhabitants of India observe a variety of religions and come from hundreds of different ethnicities. These are among the reasons why the regulation of holidays is a matter delegated to the individual states. The federal government has declared a limited three secular holidays to be observed throughout India. 

Due to the complicated holiday schedules in India, it has been a longstanding tradition for the local chamber of commerce to declare charter party holidays for nearby associated ports. This system is supported by BIMCO with the adoption of charter party holidays to the BIMCO Holiday Calendar. 

To avoid disputes, we recommend that only “charter party holidays” will be excepted from the running of laytime as applicable, and that this point should be discussed and covered adequately in the charter party. 

While the state holidays are generally declared well ahead of the new year, the charter party holidays are usually not declared until the very last moment – occasionally not until January. For this reason, is it not possible for BIMCO to include the Indian holidays in the printed BIMCO Holiday Calendar. The Charter Party Holidays are included in the annual supplement for the BIMCO Holiday Calendar.