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Background

Owners commonly require time charterers to provide a written guarantee underwriting their obligations to pay the owners for all sums due under the agreement. Such guarantees are typically issued by a parent company. A guarantee should provide owners with a greater degree of security; but if it is po... Please follow the link to continue reading.

Explanatory Notes

The following explanatory notes are intended to provide some background to the thinking behind the BIMCO Russian Oil Price Cap Scheme Clause 2024. If you have any questions about the clause that we have not answered in the explanatory notes, please contact us at contracts@bimco.org and we will be h... Please follow the link to continue reading.

Background

Sulphur Content Compliance The 2020 Marine Fuel Sulphur Content Clause replaces the BIMCO Fuel Sulphur Content Clause 2005 and can be incorporated into time charter parties as of now. The new clause is designed to work together with existing time charter bunker clauses which already cover issues rel... Please follow the link to continue reading.

Explanatory notes

The COVID-19 Crew Change Clause has been drafted in response to the extraordinary circumstances faced by many owners whose crew have had to remain on board during the COVID-19 “lockdown” for periods often extending beyond their contracts of employment. Although travel restrictions are beginning to e... Please follow the link to continue reading.

Explanatory notes

Introduction Clause 1 (Novation) Clause 2 (Guarantees) Clause 3 (Representation and Warranties) Clause 4 (Supervision) Clause 5 (Costs and Expenses) Clause 6 (Third Party Rights) Clause 7 (Notices) Clause 8 (Dispute Resolution Clause)   Introduction Novation ... Please follow the link to continue reading.

Explanatory notes

With reference to the announcement on pages 2916-2922 of BIMCO Bulletin V/1974 of the new editions of the “Baltime 1939” and the “Linertime” Charters, i.e., with the “box layout”, there is reason once more to underline that the “Linertime” Deep Sea Time Charter is intended especially for fixtures fo... Please follow the link to continue reading.