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BARGEHIRE 2008

BARGEHIRE is a bareboat charter party specifically designed for unmanned, non-self-propelled seagoing barges. It is a lease agreement whereby the charterer obtains possession and full control of the barge along with the legal and financial responsibility for it. The charterer generally pays for oper... Please follow the link to continue reading.

We want your opinion on the new edition of BARGEHIRE

BIMCO has been busy updating BARGEHIRE 2008 and the project is close to completion. But before we finalise and publish the new edition in March, we would like to hear the views of barge owners, operators and charterers. Your comments and views received by 13 January 2021 will help shape a successful... Please follow the link to continue reading.

We want your opinion on the new edition of BARGEHIRE

BIMCO has been busy updating BARGEHIRE 2008 and the project is close to completion. But before we finalise and publish the new edition in March, we would like to hear the views of barge owners, operators and charterers. Your comments and views received by 13 January 2021 will help shape a successful... Please follow the link to continue reading.

Explanatory notes

BIMCO’s widely-used standard barge bareboat charter party was first formulated and published in 1994. It is part of a suite of offshore and marine construction industry related standard documents produced by BIMCO, which includes SUPPLYTIME, TOWCON, TOWHIRE, HEAVYCON and PROJECTCON. BARGEHIRE is des... Please follow the link to continue reading.

Background

BIMCO’s widely-used standard barge bareboat charter party was first formulated and published in 1994 and subsequently revised in 2008 and again in 2021. It is part of a suite of offshore and marine services standard documents produced by BIMCO, which includes SUPPLYTIME, TOWCON, TOWHIRE, HEAVYCON, H... Please follow the link to continue reading.

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.