20 September 2016
SHIPMAN is a ship management agreement that may include crew, technical and commercial management as well as insurance arrangements in respect of a ship.
The latest edition of this contract is SHIPMAN 2009.
Copyright in SHIPMAN 2009 is held by BIMCO.
29 October 2020
This eBook includes a sample copy of the SHIPMAN 2009 contract and the related explanatory notes in the latest version.
06 November 2020
BIMCO is adapting the currently used SHIPMAN 2009 agreement for use with autonomous ships, but the lack of actual autonomous ships currently in operation will mean ongoing adjustments as the industry forges ahead with its pioneering projects. Publication of the first version is expected in 2021.
17 October 2016
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. SUPERMAN is modelled on SHIPMAN 2009 and includes the same structure of liability provisions. Payment is on a “cost plus fee” basis.
The latest edition of this contract is SUPERMAN, issued in 2016.
Copyright in SUPERMAN is held by BIMCO.
20 September 2016
The latest edition of this contract is SHIPMAN 2009.
Copyright in SHIPMAN 98 is held by BIMCO.
06 October 2016
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17 October 2016
20 September 2016
POOLCON B is designed for use by tramp pools operating in the dry and liquid bulk trades under contracts of affreightment, spot or time charters to third parties. It governs the relationship between owners entering their ships into the pool and the pool managers and regulates administrative and procedural matters covering pool operations together with the allocation of respective party liabilities and obligations. As an agency agreement, there is no time charter relationship between participants and pool managers.
The latest edition of this contract is POOLCON B, issued in 2014.
Copyright in POOLCON B is held by BIMCO.
20 September 2016
POOLCON A is designed for use by tramp pools operating in the dry and liquid bulk trades under contracts of affreightment, spot or time charters to third parties. The purpose of the agreement is to achieve the benefits of efficiency for users and their customers without creating restrictions on trade. Pool members’ ships are time-chartered to the pool and it is the underlying time charter that provides the basis of the trading relationship between the ship owner and the pool.
The latest edition of this contract is POOLCON A, issued in 2012.
Copyright in POOLCON A is held by BIMCO.