12 September 2019
A joint project from BIMCO and the Association of Ship Brokers & Agents (U.S.A.), Inc. (ASBA) to develop a standard gas tanker voyage charter party took a big leap forward at a subcommittee meeting on 5-6 September. The aim of the project is to develop a standard form dedicated to the chartering of tankers for LPG, anhydrous ammonia and chemical gases based on the widely used tanker charter party, ASBATANKVOY.
28 June 2019
BIMCO and the Association of Ship Brokers & Agents (U.S.A.), Inc. (ASBA) on 25 June kicked off a project at the BIMCO House to develop a standard gas tanker voyage charter party, codenamed ASBAGASVOY.
20 September 2016
HEAVYLIFTVOY is a voyage charter party for the mid-sized heavy lift sector carrying specialist cargo. It is a comprehensive contract providing for free-in or liner in-hook terms for loading and free-out or liner out-hook terms for discharging. HEAVYLIFTVOY operates under the conventional cargo liability regime of the Hague-Visby Rules and is designed for the carriage of multiple shipments both above and below deck. A standard bill of lading, HEAVYLIFTVOYBILL, is intended to be used with it.
The latest edition of this contract is HEAVYLIFTVOY, issued in 2009.
Copyright in HEAVYLIFTVOY is held by BIMCO.
17 October 2016
LNGVOY is a voyage charter party for the carriage of liquefied natural gas. Copyright in this document is held jointly by BIMCO and GIIGNL (International Group of Liquefied Natural Gas Importers).
The latest edition of this contract is LNGVOY, issued in 2016.
20 September 2016
GRAINCON is a standard grain voyage charter party. It is accompanied by its own bill of lading, the GRAINCONBILL 2016.
The latest edition of this contract is GRAINCON, issued in 2003.
Copyright in GRAINCON is held by BIMCO.
20 September 2016
FERTICON 2007 is a standard fertiliser voyage charter party. It is accompanied by its own bill of lading, FERTICONBILL 2016.
The latest edition of this contract is FERTICON 2007.
Copyright in FERTICON 2007 is held by BIMCO.
20 September 2016
The GENCOA is BIMCO’s standard contract of affreightment for dry bulk cargoes. A contract of affreightment is an agreement between an owner and a charterer for the carriage of a certain amount and type of goods between agreed ports over a given period of time. It is not limited to a particular ship, but operates as a series of voyage charter parties. GENCOA has been designed to be used with any dry cargo charter party, although BIMCO would recommend the use of GENCON, COAL-OREVOY or GRAINCON.
The latest edition of this contract is GENCOA from 2004.
Copyright in GENCOA is held by BIMCO.
20 September 2016
GASVOY 2005 is a voyage charter party developed for use in the LPG, ammonia and liquefied petrochemical gas trades.
The latest edition of this contract is GASVOY 2005.
Copyright in GASVOY 2005 is held by BIMCO.
07 February 2019
Arrest clauses in charter parties are frequently one-sided with charterers having the right to terminate the charter party if the ship is not released within two or three days of an arrest. To provide a fairer allocation of risk and responsibility in the event of ship arrest BIMCO has developed two new standard clauses for time and voyage charter parties. Risk allocation is based on the “sphere of responsibilities” approach taken by the Court of Appeal of England and Wales in the "Global Santosh" judgment . Under this approach, a distinction is drawn between issues such as the management of the ship and its crew, which fall within the owners’ sphere of responsibility, and employment for use of the ship which falls within the charterers’ sphere of responsibility.
This clause was published on 14 June 2019.
20 September 2016
The United Nations World Food Programme Voyage Charter Party, WORLDFOOD 99, is a BIMCO approved document to which the World Food Programme holds the copyright. The contract is used for shipments of food to emergency areas to save the lives of victims of war, civil conflict and natural disasters. The WORLDFOODWAYBILL and the WORLDFOODRECEIPT are its accompanying contracts of carriage.
The latest edition of this contract is WORLDFOOD 2017.
