The purpose of the BIMCO Contract Authenticity Clause is to encourage parties issuing contracts based on a BIMCO form to agree to use one obtained from an authorised source (such as SmartCon).
BIMCO’s Documentary Committee has adopted a standard electronic signature clause that allows parties to safely use electronic signatures in their contractual arrangements.
The 2023 version of the Continent Grain Charter Party, SYNACOMEX, approved by BIMCO and developed in collaboration with SYNACOMEX and Armateurs de France, is now available on SmartCon and the BIMCO website, accompanied by explanatory notes.
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The Standard Agreement for the Supervision of Vessel Construction, codenamed SUPERMAN, clearly sets out a ship managers’ duties and obligations when providing supervision services to a newbuilding project. It is an agency based agreement whereby the supervisors act for and on behalf of the owners. S... Please follow the link to continue reading.
To create a truly global organisation, BIMCO is opening an office in the US. After consultation with key members and the industry, we have chosen to locate it in Houston.
BIMCO’s standard term sheet for use in ship sale and leaseback transactions, SHIPLEASE, has been updated to refer to the new Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) for ship sale and purchase, SHIPSALE 22.
SEV-GUARDCON is a standard contract for security escort vessels (SEVs) that accompany merchant ships in high threat areas such as the Gulf of Guinea. It has been drafted to enable for cross-border transits where an SEV is needed to accompany the owners’ vessel through the Exclusive Economic Zone (EE... Please follow the link to continue reading.
BIMCO’s Documentary Committee has adopted a standard electronic signature clause that allows parties to safely use electronic signatures in their contractual arrangements.
BIMCO is the world’s leading organisation responsible for developing standard contracts used by shipping industry. All of BIMCO's most widely used charter parties, bills of lading and other standard agreements are available in secure and editable electronic format using BIMCO's online charter party ... Please follow the link to continue reading.
