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Shipping Services
„Carrier“ in this Bill of Lading means Samskip hf and/or subsidiary companies.
„Carriage“ means the whole or any part of the operations and services undertaken by the Carrier in respect of the Goods covered by this Bill of Lading.
„Vessel“ includes any substituted vessel and any vessel to which transshipment may be made in the performance of this contract.
„Merchant“ includes, jointly and severally, the shipper, the receiver, the consignee, the holder of this Bill of Lading, any person owning or entitled to the possession of the Goods or of this Bill of Lading and anyone acting, whether as servant or agent or otherwise, of any such person.
„Holder“ means any person, which term shall, herein, include an individual and a corporation, for the time being in possession of this Bill of Lading to whom the property in the Goods has passed on or by reason of the consignment of the Goods or the transfer or the endorsement of this Bill of Lading or otherwise.
„Goods“ means the cargo accepted from the shipper and includes any containers not supplied by or on behalf of the Carrier.
„Charges“ includes freight and all expenses and money obligations incurred and payable by the Merchant.
„Combined Transport“ arises when a Place of Receipt and/or Place of Delivery is/are completed on the face hereof.
„Port to Port Shipment“ arises when the Carriage called for in this Bill of Lading is not Combined Transport.
„Container“ includes any container, trailer, transportable tank, flat or pallet or any similar article of transport used to consolidate Goods.
„SDR“ Special Drawing Rights as defined by the International Monetary Fund and applied by the SDR Protocol (1979).
„SDR Protocol (1979)“ means the Protocol signed at Brussels on 21st December 1979 to amend the Hague Rules.
„Hague Rules“ means the provisions of the International Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules relating to Bills of Lading signed at Brussels on 25th August, 1924 as amended by the Protocol signed at Brussels on 23rd February, 1968 and by the SDR Protocol (1979).
„US COGSA“ means the Carriage of Goods by Sea Act of the United States of America approved on 16th April 1936.
The terms of the Carrier’s applicable tariff at the date of the shipment are incorporated herein („Tariff“). Copies of the relevant provisions of the applicable Tariff are obtainable from the Carrier or its Agents upon request. In the case of inconsistency between this Bill of Lading and the applicable Tariff this Bill of Lading shall prevail except.
(i) The Merchant warrants that in agreeing to the terms hereof he is, or has the authority of, the person owning or entitled to the possession of the Goods and the Bill of Lading.
(ii) The Merchant warrants to the Carrier that the particulars relating to the Goods as set out overleaf have been checked by the shipper on receipt of this Bill of Lading and that such particulars and any other particulars furnished by or on behalf of the shipper are correct and complete in all material respects and no representation of any nature as to such particulars, in favor of any person, is made, either directly, or by implication by the Carrier.
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