Effective	04JUN2014
Filed	04JUN2014
Filing Codes	IC

All cargo transported under the rates, charges, terms and
conditions named in this Tariff and in Tariffs subject to
this Tariff shall be held, carried and delivered SUBJECT to
the provisions of Carrier's applicable Long Form B\L, the
terms and conditions of which are shown below.
     
a. When issued, all B/Ls MUST show the name and address of
   both the Shipper/Consignor and the Consignee; the total
   weight and total measurement of each piece, package or
   unit of cargo in the shipment, except in the case of FCL
   shipments, only the total shipment weight and
   measurement must be shown; and on shipments consigned
   "TO ORDER," the name and address of the party to be
   notified MUST also appear.
     
b. Shippers/Consignors requiring that the Original B/L,
   properly endorsed, be surrendered to the Carrier before
   delivery is accomplished, MUST secure an ORDER B/L.
     
c. The Terms and Conditions of Carrier's regular long form 
   B/L are as follows:
     
1.   (a) Except as otherwise provided herein this Bill of
Lading shall have effect subject  to the provisions of
Carriage of Goods by Sea Act of The United States of
America, approved April 16, 1936, which shall be deemed a
surrender by the Carrier of any of its rights or immunities
or an increase of any of its responsibilities or
liabilities under said Act.  The provisions stated in said
Act (except as otherwise specifically provided herein)
shall govern before loading on and after discharge from the
vessel and throughout the entire time the Goods are in the
custody of the Carrier if this Bill of Lading is issued or
delivered in a locality where there is in force a
compulsorily applicable Carriage of Goods by Sea Act. 
Ordinance or Statute of a nature similar to the
International Convention for the Unification of Certain
Rules Relating to Bills of Lading dated at Brussels, August
25, 1924.  It shall be subject to the provisions of said
Act, Ordinance or Statute and rules thereto annexed.
      (b) The Carrier shall be entitled to the full benefit
of and right to all limitations of or exceptions from
liability authorized by any provisions of Sections 4281 to
4288, inclusive of the Revised Statutes of the United
States and Amendments thereto and of any other provisions
of the laws of the United States or of any other country
whose laws shall apply.
     
2.     In this Bill of Lading
    (a) "Carrier" means and includes                       
     , the Carrier named on the face side hereof, the
vessel, her owner, Master operator, demise charterer and if
bound hereby the time charterer and any substitute Carrier
whether the owner, operator, charterer or Master shall be
acting as carrier or bailee.
    (b) "Vessel" means and includes the ocean vessel on
which the Goods are shipped named on the face hereof or any
substitute vessel also any feedership, ferry, barge,
lighter or any other water craft used by the Carrier in the
performance of this contract.
    (c) "Merchant" means and includes the shipper the
consignee the receiver the holder of this bill of Lading,
the owner of the Goods or person entitled to the possession
of the "Goods and the servants or agents of any of these.
    (d) "Charges" means and includes freight and all
expenses and money obligations incurred and payable by the
Merchant.
    (e) "Goods" means and includes the cargo received from
the shipper and described on the face side hereof and any
Container not supplied by or on behalf of the Carrier.
    (f) "Container" means and includes any container, van,
trailer, transportable tank, flat, pallet or any similar
articles of transport.
    (g) "Person" means and includes an individual
corporation, partnership or other entity as the case may
be.
    (h) "Participating Carrier" means and shall include any
other water, land or air carrier performing any stage of
the Combined Transport.
     
3.     It is understood and agreed that other than the said
Carrier no person whatsoever (including the Master officers
and crew of the vessel all servants, agents, employees,
representatives and all stevedores, terminal operators,
crane operators, watchmen, carpenters, ship cleaners,
surveyors and other independent contractors whatsoever) is
or shall be deemed to be liable with respect to the goods
as carrier bailee or otherwise howsoever in contract or in
tort.  If, however, it should be adjudged that any other
than said carrier is under any  responsibility with respect
to the goods all limitations of and exonerations from
liability provided by law or by the terms hereof shall be
available to such other person as herein described in
contracting for the foregoing exemptions, limitations and
exonerations from liability, the Carrier is acting as
agents and trustee for and on behalf of all persons
described above, all of whom shall be this extent be deemed
to be a party to this contract evidenced by this Bill of
Lading, it being always understood that the said
beneficiaries are not entitled to any greater or further
exemptions, limitations or exonerations from liability than
those that the Carrier has under this Bill of Lading in any
given situation.
     
4.     Subject to all rights, privileges and limitations of
and exonerations from liability granted to the ocean
carrier under this Bill of Lading or by law, any liability
by the respective participating carrier for loss or damage
to the Goods or packages carried hereunder shall be
governed by the following
    (a) If loss or damage occurs while the goods or
packages are in the custody of the ocean carrier, only the
ocean carrier shall be responsible therefor, and any
liability of the ocean carrier shall be determined by the
terms and conditions of this Bill of Lading and any law
compulsorily applicable.
    (b) If loss or damage occurs while the Goods or
packages are in the custody of a participating domestic or
foreign Carrier, only the participating domestic or foreign
Carrier(s)  shall be responsible therefor and any liability
of such participating domestic or foreign Carrier(s) shall
be determined in respective order, by the terms, conditions
and provisions of the applicable participating domestic or
foreign Career's Bill(s)of Lading, whether issued or not,
tariff(s) and law compulsorily applicable in the
circumstance.
    (c) Not withstanding subdivision (a) and (b) hereof, it
is contemplated that the Goods or packages will from time
to time be carried in through transportation that will
include inland transportation within the United States by
Railroad and sea carriage by one or more of the other
Carriers above defined (When used on or endorsed on this
Bill of Lading the Words "on board" shall mean and include
on board the original carrying vessel when the Goods or
packages are being transported from the continental United
States to a foreign port or place "on board" shall mean and
include  on board a rail car operated by the originating
carrier and enroute by rail to the port of loading for
loading on board the Carrier's or participating Carrier's
vessel).
    (d) If loss or damage occurs after receipt of the Goods
or packages hereunder and it cannot be determined from the
records of the ocean Carrier or participating domestic or
foreign Carrier(s) whether such damage or loss occurred
during ocean, domestic or foreign carriage, it shall be
conclusively presumed that the loss or damage occurred on
board the vessel and while the Goods or packages where in
the custody of the ocean Carrier.
    (e) At all times when the Goods or packages are in the
custody of the above-mentioned participating domestic or
foreign Carriers, such Carriers shall be entitled to all
the rights, defenses exceptions from or limitation of
liability and immunities of whatsoever nature referred to
or incorporated herein applicable or granted to the Carrier
as herein defined to the full extent permitted to such
domestic and foreign Carrier under the Bill(s) of Lading
tariffs and any other laws applicable or relating thereto,
provided however, that nothing contained in this Bill of
Lading shall be deemed a surrender by theses domestic or
foreign Carriers of any of their rights and immunities or
an increase of any of their limitations of and exonerations
from liability under their said Bill(s) of Lading, tariffs
or law applicable or relating to said carriage.
    (f) In making any arrangements for transportation by
participating domestic or foreign Carrier of the Goods or
packages carried hereunder, either before or after ocean
carriage, it is understood and agreed that the ocean
Carrier acts solely as agents of the merchants, without any
other responsibility whatsoever, and it assumes no
responsibility as Carrier for such domestic or foreign
transportation.
    (g) Notice of loss or damage and claim against the
ocean Carrier, where applicable, shall be given to the
ocean Carrier, and suit commenced as provided for in
Clauses 30 and 31 hereof Notice of loss or damage against
the participating domestic or foreign Carrier(s) , where
applicable, shall be filed with the participating domestic
or foreign Carrier(s)  and suit commenced as provided for
in the terms, conditions and provision of said Carrier(s),
Bill(s), of Lading or by law applicable thereto.  It is
understood by the Merchant that such terms, conditions and
provisions, as they pertain to notice of, and claim for,
loss or damage and commencement of suit, contain different
requirement that those requirement pertaining to ocean
Carriage as contained in Clauses 30 and 31 here of.
     
5.     The goods carried hereunder are subject to all the
terms and provisions of the Carrier's applicable Tariff or
Tariffs on file with the Federal maritime Commission,
Interstate Commerce Commission or any other regulatory body
which governs a particular portion of this carriage, and
the terms and provisions of the said Tariff or Tariffs are
hereby incorporated herein as part of the Terms and
Conditions of this Bill of Lading Copies of the relevant
provisions of the applicable Tariff or Tariffs are
obtainable from the Carrier Federal maritime Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission or other regulatory body
upon request in the event of any conflict between the terms
and provisions of such Tariff or Tariffs and the Terms and
Conditions of this Bill of Lading, this Bill of Lading
shall prevail.
     
6.   The Merchant warrants that in agreeing to the Terms
and Conditions hereof, he is, or has the authority of, the
person owning and entitled to the possession of the Goods
and this Bill of Lading.
     
7.  (a) The Carrier shall be entitled to sub-contract on
any terms the whole or any part of the carriage, loading,
unloading, storing, warehousing, handling and any and all
duties whatsoever undertaken by the Carrier in relation to
the Goods.
    (b) As to through transportation, the Carrier
undertakes to procure such services as necessary and shall
have the right  at its sole discretion to select any mode
of land , sea or air transport and to arrange participation
by other Carrier's to accomplish the combined transport
from place of receipt to place of delivery.  Whenever any
stage of the combined transport is accumulated by any land
or air Carrier or any other water Carrier, each such stage
shall be controlled according to any law compulsory
applicable to such stage and according to the contracts,
rules and tariffs of each participating Carrier, the same
as if such contracts, rules and tariffs were fully set
forth herein.
     
8.     The Carrier shall be entitled but under no
obligation to open any Container at any time and to inspect
the contents unless applicable law prohibits same if it
thereupon appears that the contents or any part thereof
cannot safely or properly be carried to carried further
either at all or without incurring any additional expense
or taking any measures in relation to the Container or its
contents or any part thereof, the Carrier may abandon the
transportation thereof and/or take any measures and/or
incur any reasonable additional expense to carry or to
continue the carriage or to store the same ashore or afloat
under cover or in the open at any place, which storage
shall be deemed to constitute due delivery under this Bill
of Lading.  The Merchant shall indemnify the Carrier
against any reasonable additional expense so incurred.
     
9.     Carrier may containerize any Goods or packages
Container may be slowed on deck or under deck and when so
stowed shall be deemed for all purposes to be stowed under
deck, including for General Average and U.S. Carriage of
Goods by Sea Act, 1936 and similar legislation.
     
10.    Deck cargo (expect goods carried in containers on
deck) and live animals are received and carried solely at
Merchant's risk (including accident or mortality of
animals) and the Carrier shall not in any event be liable
for any loss or damage thereto arising or resulting from
any matters mentioned in Section 4, Sub-Section 2(a) to (p)
inclusive of the United States Carriage of Goods by Seas
Act or from any other cause whatsoever not due to the fault
of the Carrier, any warranty of seaworthiness in the
premises being hereby waived, and the burden of proving
liability being in all respects upon the Merchant Except as
provided above, such shipments shall be deemed Goods and
Shall be subject to all terms and provisions of this Bill
of Lading relating to Goods.
     
11.   Special containers with heating or refrigeration
units will not be furnished unless contracted for expressly
in writing at time of booking and, when furnished, may
entail an increased freight rate or charge Shipper shall
advise Carrier of Desired Temperature range when delivering
Goods to Carrier and Carrier shall exercise due diligence
to maintain the temperature within a reasonable range while
the containers are in its custody or control.  The Carrier
does not however accept any responsibility to the
functioning or heated or refrigerated containers not owned
or leased by Carrier.
     
12.    The scope of the voyage herein contracted for shall
include usual or customary or advertised ports of call
whether named in this contract or not also ports in or out
of the advertised, geographical or usual route or order
even though in proceeding thereto the vessel may sail
beyond the port of discharge named herein or in a direction
contrary thereto, or return to the original port or depart
from the direct or customary route and include all canals,
straits, and other waters.  The vessel may call at any port
for the purpose of the current,  prior or subsequent
voyages.  The vessel may omit calling at any port whether
scheduled or not, and may call at the same port more than
once, may discharge the goods during the first or
subsequent call at the port of discharge may for matter
occurring before or after loading, and either with or
without  the goods on board band before or after proceeding
towards the port of discharge, adjust compasses, drydock
with or without cargo on board, stop for repairs, shift
beneath make trails trips or test, take fuel or stores,
remain in port lie on bottom aground or at anchor sail
without or without pilots, tow and be towed and save or
attempt to save life or property and all of the foregoing
are included in the contract voyage.  The vessel may carry
contraband, explosives, munitions, warlike stores hazardous
cargo, and sail armed or unarmed, and with or without
convoy.
     
   The Carriers sailing schedules are subject to charge
without notice both as to the sailing date and date of
arrival if this is a Through Bill of Lading, no Carrier is
bound to transport the shipment by any particular train
truck, aircraft, vessel or other means of conveyance or in
time for any particular market or otherwise No Carrier
shall be liable for delay and any Carrier shall have the
right to forward the goods by substitute Carrier.
     
13.     If at any time the performance of the contract
evidenced by this Bill of Lading is or is likely to be
affected by any hindrance, risk delay, difficulty or
disadvantage of whatsoever kind which cannot be avoided by
the exercise of reasonable endeavors, the Career (whether
or not the transport is commenced) may without notice to
the Merchant treat the performance of this  contact as
terminated and place the Goods or nay part of them at the
Merchant's disposal at anyplace or port which the Carrier
may deem safe and convenient, whereupon the responsibility
of the Carrier in respect of such Goods shall cease.  The
Carrier shall nevertheless be entitled to full freight and
charges on Goods received for transportation and the
Merchant shall pay any additional costs of carriage to and
delivery and storage at such place or port.
     
14.    If the Carrier makes a special agreement , whether
by stamp hereon or otherwise, to deliver the Goods at a
specified dock or place it is mutually agreed that such
agreement shall be construed to mean that the Carrier is to
make such delivery only if, in the sole judgment of the
Carrier, the vessel can get to, lie at, and leave said dock
or place always safely afloat, and only if such dock or
place is available for immediate receipt of the Goods and
that otherwise the Goods shall be discharged as otherwise
provided in this Bill of Lading, whereupon all
responsibility of Carrier shall cease.
     
15.    The port authorities are hereby authorized  to grant
a general order for discharging immediately upon arrival of
the vessel and the Carrier, without giving notice either of
arrival or discharge, may immediately upon arrival of the
vessel at the designated destination, discharge the goods
continuously.  Sundays and holidays included, at all such
hours by day or by night as the Carrier may determine no
matter what the state of the weather or custom of the port
may be.  The Carrier shall not be liable in any respect
whatsoever if heat or refrigeration or special cooling
facilities shall not be furnished during loading or
discharge or any part of the time that the Goods are upon
the wharf, craft or other loading or discharging place. 
Lading and delivery charges and pier dues shall be at the
expense of the Goods unless included in the freight herein
provided for if the Goods are not taken away by the
consignee by the expiration of the next working days after
the Goods are at his disposal, the Goods may, at Carrier's
option and subject to Carrier's lien, be sent to store  or
warehouse or be permitted to lie where landed, but always
at the expense and risk of the Goods.  The responsibilities
of the Carrier in any capacity shall altogether cease and
the Goods shall be considered to be delivered and at their
own risk and expense in every respect  when taken into the
custody of Customers or other Authorities or into that of
any municipal or governmental concessionaire or depository.
 The Carrier shall not be required to give any notification
of disposition of the Goods, except as may be otherwise
provided in this Bill of Lading.
     
16.    At ports or places where by local law authorities,
or custom the Carrier is required to discharge cargo to
lighters or other craft or where it has been so agreed, or
where wharves are not available which the ship can get to
lie at or leave, always safely afloat of where conditions
prevailing at the time render discharge at a wharf
dangerous, imprudent, or likely to delay the vessel.  The
merchant  shall promptly furnish  lighters or other craft
to take delivery alongside the ship, at the risk and
expense of the Goods if the Merchant fails to provide such
lighters or other craft.  Carrier acting solely as agent
for the Merchant may engage such lighters or other craft at
the risk and expense of the Goods. Discharge of the  Goods
into such lighters or other craft shall constitute proper
delivery and any further responsibility of Carrier with
respect to the goods shall thereupon terminate.
     
17.  The Carrier shall have liberty to comply with any
order or directions or recommendations in connection with
the transport under this contract of carriage given by any
Government or Authority or anyone acting or purporting to
act on behalf of such Government or Authority, or having,
under the terms of the mortgage or insurance on the vessel
or other transport the right to give such order, directions
or recommendation Discharge  or delivery of the Goods in
accordance with the said order or directions or
recommendations shall be deemed a fulfillment of the
contract.  Any extra expense incurred in connection with
exercise of the Carrier's liberty under this clause shall
be paid by the Merchant in addition to freight and charges.
     
18. Whenever the Carrier or Master may deem it advisable,
or in any case where goods are destined for port(s) or
place(s) at which the vessel or participating carrier will
not call the Carrier may without notice forward the whole
or any part of the shipment, before or after loading at the
original port of shipment or any other place or places even
though outside the scope of the voyage or the route to or
beyond the port of discharge or the destination of the
Goods  by water, by land, or by air or by any combination
thereof, whether operated by the Carrier or others and
whether departing or arriving or scheduled to depart or
arrive before or after the ship expected to be used for the
transportation of the shipment.  The carrier may delay
forwarding waiting a  vessel or conveyance in its own
service or with which it has established connections in all
cases where the shipment is delivered to another Carrier or
to a lighter Port Authority, warehouseman or other bailee
of transshipment, the liability of this Carrier shall
absolutely cease when the Goods are out of its exclusive
possession and shall not resume until the Goods again come 
into its exclusive possession, and the responsibility of
this Carrier during any such period shall be that of an
agent of the Merchant and this Carrier shall be without any
other responsibility whatsoever.  The carriage by any
transshipping or on Carrier and all transshipment or
forwarding shall be subject to all the terms whatsoever in
the regular form of bill of lading, consignment  note,
contract or other shipping document used at the time by the
Carrier performing such transshipment or forwarding.
     
19.  In any situation whatsoever and wheresoever occurring
and whether existing or anticipated before commencement of
or during the combined transport which in the judgment of
the Carrier or the Master is likely to give rise to risk of
capture, seizure, detention damage, delay or disadvantage
or loss to the carrier or any part of the Goods to make it
unsafe imprudent or unlawful for any reason to receive
keep, load, or carry the goods or commence or proceed on or
continue the transport or to enter or discharge the goods
or disembark passengers at the port of discharge or the
usual or agreed or intended place of discharge or delivery
or to give rise to delay or difficulty in proceeding by the
usual or intended route the Carrier or the Master may
decline to receive, keep load or carry the goods or may
devan container (s) contents or any part thereof and may
require the Merchant to take delivery of the Goods at the
place of receipt of any other point in the combined
transport and upon failure to do so may where house the
Goods at the risk and expense of the Goods or the vessel
whether or not proceeding towards or entering or attempting
to enter a port of discharge or reaching or attempting to
reach a usual place of discharge therein or attempting to
discharge the shipment may discharge the Goods any/or devan
the contents of any container(s) at another port, depot,
lighter craft or other place, or may forward or transship
them as provided in this Bill of Lading or the Carrier or
the Master may retain the Goods, vanned or unvanned on
board until the return of the vessel to the port of loading
or to the port of discharge or until such time as the
Carrier or the Master thinks advisable and discharge or
until such time as the Carrier or the herein provided The
Carrier or the Master is not required to give notice such
devanning or of discharge of the Goods or the forwarding
thereof as herein provided when the Goods are discharge
from the ship as herein provided, such shall be at the risk
and expense of the Goods.  Such discharging shall
constitute complete delivery and performance under this
contract and the Carrier shall be free from any further
responsibility unless it be shown that any loss or damage
to the Goods arose from Carrier's negligence in the
discharge and delivery as herein, provided the burden of
establishing such negligence being on the Merchant For any
service rendered to the Goods as herein above provided or
for any delay or expense to the vessel caused as a result
thereof the Carrier shall be entitled to a reasonable extra
compensation, and shall have a lien on the goods for such
carriage.  Notice of disposition of the Goods shall be
mailed to shipper or consignee named in this Bill of Lading
Goods shut out from the vessel named herein for any cause
may be forwarded on a subsequent vessel of this Line or, at
Carrier's option on a vessel of another Line or by other
mode of transportation.
     
20.    Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Carrier shall
neither be liable therefor nor concluded as to the
correctness of any such marks, descriptions or
representations.  When any cargo unit owned or leased by
Carrier is packed or loaded by shipper or its agent, or
discharged by consignee or its agent shipper, consignee,
receiver holder of this Bill of lading, owners of the Goods
and person entitled to the possessions of the Goods shall
be and remain liable, jointly and severally for any loss or
damage to the cargo unit during such loading or discharge,
howsoever occurring until the cargo unit is returned to
Carrier's custody and at tariff rates for any delay beyond
the time allowed for such loading discharge, and for any
loss damage or expense incurred by Carrier as a result of
the failure to return the cargo unit to the Carrier in the
same sound condition and state of cleanness as when
received by shipper.  Such loss, damage, expense or delay
shall constitute a lien on the Goods.  Where a cargo unit
is to be unpacked or unloaded by consignee or its agent
consignee or its agent shall promptly unpack or unload such
cargo unit and take delivery of its contents, irrespective
of whether the Goods are damaged or not Carrier shall not
be liable for loss or damage caused to the Goods by or
during such unpacking unloading.
     
21.     When containers, vans, trailers, transportable
tanks, flats, palletized units, and all other packages (all
hereinafter referred to generically as "cargo units")  are
not packed or loaded by Carrier such cargo units shall be
deemed shipped as "Shipper's weight, load and count Carrier
has no reasonable means of checking the quantity, weight,
condition or existence of the contents thereof does not
represent the quantity weight condition or existence of
such contents as furnished by the shipper and inserted in
this Bill of Lading to be accurate and shall not be liable
for nonreceipt; or misdecription of such contents Carrier
shall have no responsibility or liability whatsoever
therefor or for the packing, loading, securing and/or
stowage of contents of such cargo units or for loss or
damage caused thereby or resulting therefrom or for the
physical suitability or structural adequacy of such cargo
units property to contain their contents.  The Merchant,
whether principal or agent by packing or loading the cargo
unit and/or by allowing the cargo unit to be packed or
loaded, represents quarantees and warrants (a)that the
Goods are properly described marked and safely and securely
packed in their respective cargo units that such cargo
units are physically suitable, sound and structurally
adequate properly to contain and support the Goods during
handing and on the transport, and that the cargo units may
be handled in the ordinary course without damage to
themselves or to their contents or to the vessel or
conveyance or to their other cargo, or property, or
persons. (b) that all particulars with reguard to the cargo
units and their contents, and the weight of each said cargo
unit in all respects correct, and (c) that they have
ascertained and fully disclosed in writing to the Carrier
and all participating Carriers on or prior to shipment and
condition, ingredient or characteristic of the Goods which
might indicate that they are inflammable, explosive,
corrosive, radioactive, noxious, hazardous or dangerous in
nature or which might cause damage, injury or detriment to
the Goods or to the vessel, conveyance or other cargo or to
property or person that they have complied fully with all
statute, ordinances and regulations of the Department of
Transportation of the United State of America all other
regulatory bodies with respect to labeling packaging and
preparation for shipment of all such Goods.  The shipper,
consignee receiver, holder of the Bill of Lading owner of
the Goods and persons entitled to the possession of the
Goods jointly and severally agree fully to protect and
indemnity Carrier and to hold it hamless to respect of any
injury or death of any person, or loss of damage to cargo
or cargo unit or any other peroperty or to the vessel or
conveyance or expense or fine arising out of or in any way
connected with breach of any of the foregoing
representations or warrantes howsoever occurring even
without fault of shipper consignee and/or owner of the
Goods, and even though such injury death loss or damage is
caused in whole or in part by fault of the Carrier or
unseaworthiness.
     
22.   The Merchant and the  Goods themselves shall be
liable for and shall indemnify the Carrier and the Carrier
shall have a lien on the Goods for all expenses of mending,
repairing, fumigating, repacking, coopering, baling,
reconditioning of the Goods and gathering of loose contents
of package, also for expenses for repairing  containers
damage while in the possession of the Merchant for
demurrage on containers and any payment expense, fine, dues
duty tax impost loss, damage or detention sustained or
incurred by or levied upon the Carrier vessel or conveyance
in connection with the Goods, howsoever caused, including
any action or requirement of any government or governmental
authority or person purporting to act under the authority
thereof, seizure under legal process or attempted seizure,
incorrect or insufficient marking numbering or addressing
of containers packages or description of the contents
failure of the Merchant to procure consular Board of Health
or other certificates to accompany the Goods or to comply
with laws or regulations or any kind imposed with respect
to the Goods by the authorities at any port or place or any
act or omission of the Merchant The Carrier's lien shall
survive, delivery and may be enforced by private or public
sale and without notice.
     
23.     Freight shall be payable, at Carrier's option, on
actual gross intake weight or measurement or on actual
gross discharge weight or measurement or on a value or
other basis.  Freight may be caculated on the basis of the
particulars of the Goods furnished the shipper herein, but
Carrier may as previously stated herein at any time open
the packages or containers and examine weight, measure and
value the Goods (unless applicable law prohibits same) in
case shipper's particulars are found to be erroneous and
additional freight payable, the Merchant and the Goods
shall be liable for any expense incurred for examing,
weighting measuring and valuing the Goods.  Full freight
shall be paid on damaged or unsound goods.  Full freight
hereunder to place of delivery named herein, and advance
charges (including on-Carrier's) shall be considered
completely earned on receipt of the Goods by the Carrier,
whether the freight be stated or intended to be prepaid or
to be collected at destination and the Carrier shall be
entitled to all freight and charges, extra compensation,
demurrage, detention, General Average, claims and any other
payments made and liability incurred with respect to the
Goods, whether actually paid or not and to receive and
retain them irrevocably under all circumstances,
whatsoever, vessel, conveyance and/or cargo lost, damaged
or otherwise or the combined transport changed, frustrated
or abandoned.  In case of forced abandonment or
interruption of the combined transport for any cause, any
forwarding of the goods or any part thereof shall be at the
risk and expense of the Goods All unpaid charges shall be
paid in full, without any offset counter claim or deduction
in the currency of the place of receipt, or at Carrier's
option in the currency of the place of delivery at the
demand rate of New York exchange as quoted on day of
arrival of the Goods at the place of delivery.  The
Merchant shall be jointly and severally liable to the
Carrier for the payment of all freight charges and the
amounts due to the Carrier and for any failure of either or
both to perform his or their obligations under the
provisions of this Bill of Lading and they shall indemnify
the Carrier against, and hold it harmless from, all
liability loss damage and expense which the Carrier may
sustain or incur arising of resulting from any such failure
of performance by the Merchant.  Any person, firm or
corporation engaged by any party to perform forwarding
service with respect to the cargo shall be considered the
exclusive agent of the Merchant for all purposes and any
payment of freight to such person, firm or corporation
shall not be considered payment to the Carrier in any
event.  Failure of such person, firm or corporation to pay
any part of the freight to the Carrier shall be considered
a default by the Merchant in the payment of the freight. 
The Carrier shall have a lien on the Goods and documents
relating thereto which shall survive delivery for all
freight charges and damages of any kind whatsoever and for
the costs of recovering same, including expenses incurred
in preserving this lien and may enforce this lien by public
or private sale and without notice.  The shipper consignee,
receiver, holder of this Bill of Lading, owner of the Goods
and person entitled to the possession of the Goods shall be
jointly and severally liable to the Carrier for the payment
of all freight charges and damages as aforesaid and for the
performance of this obligations of each of them hereunder.
     
24.   Carrier shall not be liable for any consequential or
special damages and shall have the option of replacing lost
Goods or repairing damaged Goods.
     
25.   The weight or quantity of any bulk cargo inserted in
this Bill of Lading is the weight or quantity as
ascertained by a third party other than the Carrier, and
Carrier makes no representation with regard to the accuracy
thereof.  This Bill of Lading shall  not be deemed evidence
against the Carrier of receipt of goods of the weight or
quantity so inserted in the Bill of Lading.
     
26.   Neither the Carrier nor any corporation owned by,
subsidiary to or associated or affiliated with the Carrier
shall be liable to answer for or make goods any loss or
damage to the goods occurring at any time and even though
before loading on or after discharge from the ship by
reason or by means of any fire whatsoever unless such fire
shall be cause by its design or neglect or by its actual
fault or privity.  In any case where this exemption is not
permitted by law Carrier shall not be liable for loss or
damage by fire unless shown to have been cause by Carrier's
negligence.
     
27.   If the vessel comes in to collision with another
vessel as a result of the fault or negligence of the other
vessel and any act neglect or default of the Carrier. 
Master, mariner pilot or the servants of the Carrier in the
navigation or in the management of the vessel, the Merchant
will indemnify the Carrier against all loss or liability to
the other or non-carrying vessel or her owners insofar as
such loss or liability represent loss of, or damage to, or
any claim whatsoever of the Merchant paid or payable by the
other or non-carrying vessel or her owners insofar as such
loss or liability represent loss of, or damage to, or any
claim whatsoever  of the Merchant paid or payable by the
other or non-carrying vessel or her owner to the Merchant
and set off recouped or recovered by the other or
non-carrying vessel or her owners as part of their claim
against the carrying vessel or Carrier.  The foregoing
provisions shall also apply where the owners operators or
those in charge of any vessel or vessels or object other
than or in addition to the colliding vessel or object are
at fault in respect of a collision contact stranding or the
accident.  This provisions is to remain in effect in other
jurisdictions even if unenforceable in the Courts of the
United States of America.
     
28.   General average shall be adjusted, stated and settled
according to York Antwerp Rules 1974 except Rule XII
thereof, at such port or place as may be selected by the
Carrier and as to matters not provided for by theses Rules,
according to the laws and usage of New York.  In such
adjustment, disbursements in foreign currencies shall be
exchanges in to United States money at the rate prevailing
on the dates made and allowances for damage to cargo
claimed in foreign currency shall be converted at the rate
prevailing on the last day of discharge at the port or
place of final discharge of such damaged cargo from the
ship.  Average agreement  or bond and such additional
security as may be required by the Carrier must be
furnished before delivery of the goods.  Such cash deposit
as the Carrier or his agents may deem sufficient as
additional security for the contribution of the goods and
for any salvage and special charges thereon shall if
required be made by the Goods shippers consignees or owners
of the goods to the Carrier before delivery of the Goods. 
Notwithstanding anything  herein before contained such
shall at the option of the Carrier be payable in United
States currency and be remitted to the adjuster pending
settlement of the General Average and refunds of credit
balance, if any shall be paid in United States currency. 
In addition to the circumstances dealt with in the 1974
York Antwerp Rules, it is agreed that if the Carrier has
used due diligence in the stowage of cargo and if the  sale
prosecution of the voyage is thereafter imperiled in
consequence of the disturbance of stowage, the costs of
handling, discharge, reloading and restowing cargo shall be
allowed in General Average, even though the handling of
cargo is not necessary for the purpose of effecting repairs
to the vessel.  In the event of accident, danger or
disaster before or after commencement of the voyage
resulting from any cause whatsoever, whether due to
negligence or not for which or for the consequence of
which, the Carrier is not responsible by statue contract or
otherwise, the Goods, the shipper, consignee, receiver,
holder of this Bill of Lading, owner of the Goods and
person entitled to the posession of the Goods, jointly and
severally shall contribute with the Carrier in General
Average to the payment of any sacrifices losses or expense
of a General Average nature that may  be made or incurred
and shall pay salvage and special charges incurred in
respect of the Goods.  If a salving ship is owned or
operated by the Carrier salvage shall be paid for as fully
and in the same manner as if such salving ship or ships
were owned or operated by strangers.  Cargo's contribution
in General Average shall be paid to the ship owner even
when such average is the result of fault neglect or error
of the Master pilot officer or crew.  The Merchant
expressly renounces any and all code statues laws or
regulations which might other wise apply.
     
29.    In case of any loss or damage to or in connection
with Goods exceeding in actual value the equivalent of $500
lawful money of the United States per package or in case of
Goods not shipped in packages per shipping unite, the value
of the Goods shall be deemed to be $500 per package or per
shipping unit.  The Carrier's liability if any shall be
determined on the basis of a value or $500 per package or
per shipping unit or pro rata in case of partial loss or
damage, unless the nature of the Goods and a valuation
higher than $500 per package or per shipping unit shall
have been declared by the shipper before shipment and
inserted in this Bill of Lading and extra freight paid if
required.  In such case if the actual value of the Goods
per package or per shipping unit shall exceed such declare
value the value shall nevertheless be deemed to e declare
value and the Carrier's liability if any shall not exceed
the declare value and any partial loss or damage shall be
adjusted pro rata on the basis of such declared value.  The
words "shipping unit" shall mean each physical unit or
piece of cargo not shipped in a package including articles
or thing of any description whatsoever except goods shipped
 in bulk and irrespective of the weight or measurement unit
employed in calculating freight charge.  Where containers,
vans, trailers, transportable tanks, flat, palletized unit
and other such packages are not packed by the Carrier, each
individual such container van trailer transportable tank,
palletized unit and other such package including in each
instance its contents shall be deemed a single package and
Carrier's liability limited to $500 with respect to each 
such package.
     
30.    As to loss or damage to the Goods or packages
occurring or presumed to have occurred during ocean voyage
unless notice of loss of or damage and  the general nature
of it be given in writing to the Carrier or its agent at
the port of delivery before or at the time of the removal
of the Goods or packages into the custody of the person
entitled to delivery thereof under this Bill of Lading or
if the loss or damage be not apparent, within three
consecutive days after delivery at the port of discharge,
such removal shall be proma facie evidence of the delivery
by the Carrier of the Goods or packages as described in
this Bill of Lading.
     
31.    As to loss or damage to the Goods or package
occurring or presumed to have occurred during ocean
carriage, the Carrier and the vessel shall be discharged
from all liability in respect of loss damage, misdelivery,
delay or in respect of any other breach of this contract
and any claim whatsoever with respect to the Goods or
packages unless suit is brought within one year after
delivery of the Goods or package or the date when the Goods
or package should have been delivered.  Suit shall not be
deemed brought unless jurisdiction shall have been obtained
over the Carrier and or the vessel by service of process or
by an agreement to appear.
     
32.    Gold silver, specie, bullion or other valuable,
including those named or described in Sec 4281 of the
Revised Statues of the Untied States, will not be received
by the Carrier unless their true character and value are
disclosed to the Carrier and a special written agreement
therefor has been made in advance and will not in any case
be loaded or landed by the Carrier no such valuable shall
be considered received by or delivered  to the Carrier
until brought aboard the ship by the shipper and put in the
actual possession of and a written receipt therefor is
given by the Master or other officer in charge.  Such
valuable will only be delivered by the Carrier aboard the
ship on presentation of bills of lading properly endorsed
and upon such delivery on board the Carrier's
responsibility shall cease if delivery is not so take
promptly after the ship's arrival at the port of discharge
the goods may be retained aboard or landed or carried on,
solely at the risk and expense of the goods.
     
33.    It is agreed that superficial rust, oxidation or any
like condition due to moisture, is not a condition of
damage but is inherent to the nature of the cargo, and
acknowledgment of receipt of the Goods in apparent good
order and condition is not a representation that such
condition of rust, oxidation and the like did not exist on
receipt.
     
34.    Nothing in this Bill of Lading shall operate to
deprive the Carrier of any statutory protection or
exemption from, or limitation of liability, contained the
laws of the United States, or in the laws of any other
country which may be applicable.  This Bill of Lading shall
be construed according to the laws of the United States and
the Merchant agrees that any suits against the Carrier
shall be brought in the Federal Courts of the United
States.  The terms of this Bill of Lading shall be
separable and if any part or term hereof shall be held
invalid, such holding shall not affect the validity or
enforceability of any other part or terms hereof.

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