Effective	16DEC2025
Filed	16DEC2025
Filing Codes	C

All cargo transported under the rates, charges, terms and
conditions named in this Tariff shall be held, carried and
delivered SBJ 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:
  
TERMS AND CONDITIONS
  
1. DEFINITION.
a) "Carriage" means the whole of the
 operations and services undertaken or  performed by or on behalf of the
 Carrier with respect to the Goods.
b) "Carrier" means the Company named on the face side hereof which is a
 non- vessel operating common carrier, and on whose behalf this Bill of
 Lading was issued, whether acting as carrier or bailee.
c) "Charges" means freight, deadfreight, demurrage and all expenses and
 money obligations incurred and payable by the Merchant.
d) "Container" means any container (closed or open top), van, trailer,
 flatbed, transportable tank, railroad car, vehicle, flat, flatrack,
 pallet, skid, platform, cradle, sling- load or any other article of
 transport.
e) "Goods" means 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) "Merchant" means the shipper, consignee, receiver, holder of this Bill
 of Lading, owner of the cargo or person entitled to the possession of the
 cargo and their principals and the servants and agents of any of these,
 all of whom shall be jointly and severally liable to the Carrier for the
 payment of all Charges, and for the performance of the obligations of any
 of them under this Bill of Lading.
g) "On Board" or similar words endorsed on this Bill of Lading mean that in
 a  Port to Port movement, the Goods have been loaded on board the Vessel
 or are in the custody of the actual ocean carrier; and in the event of
 Through Transportation, if the originating carrier is an inland or
 coastal carrier, means that the Goods have been loaded on board rail cars
 or another mode of transport at the Place of Receipt or are in the custody
 of a Participating carrier and en route to the Port of Loading named on
 the reverse side.
h) "Participating carrier" means any other carrier by water, land or air,
 performing any state of the Carriage, including inland carriers, whether
 acting as sub-carrier, connecting carrier, substitute carrier or bailee.
i) "Person" means an individual, a partnership, a body corporate or any
 other entity of whatsoever nature.
j) "Vessel" means the ocean vessel named on the face side hereof, and any
 substitute vessel, feedership, barge, or other means of conveyance by
 water used in whole or in part by the Carrier to fulfill this contract.
  
2. CARRIER"S TARIFFS.
 The Goods carried hereunder are subject to all the terms
 and conditions of the Carrier"s applicable tariff(s) on file with a
 regulatory body whose rules govern all or a particular portion of the
 Carriage and said terms and conditions 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(s) are obtainable from the
 Carrier or regulatory body concerned upon request. In the event of any
 conflict between the terms and conditions of such tariff(s) and the Terms
 and Conditions of this Bill of Lading, this Bill of Lading shall prevail.
  
3. WARRANTY/ACKNOWLEDGMENT.
 The Merchant warrants that in agreeing to the Terms and Conditions hereof,
 it is, or is the agent and has the authority of, the owner or person
 entitled to the possession of the Goods or any person who has a present or
 future interest in the Goods. The Merchant acknowledges that the Carrier
 is a non-vessel operating common carrier ("NVOCC"), and that it neither
 owns nor charters vessels, as a result of which the Carrier or any
 sub-carrier (which may be an NVOCC) will be required to contract with an
 actual ocean carrier to accomplish the Carriage contemplated by this Bill
 of Lading and does so as agent of the Merchant.  The Merchant further
 acknowledges that by identifying the carrying Vessel on the face side
 hereof, it knows or can determine the name of the actual ocean carrier
 and the terms and conditions of the actual ocean carrier"s bill of
 lading and applicable tariff(s) and agrees to be bound thereby.
  
4. RESPONSIBILITY.
a) Except where the Carriage covered by this Bill of Lading is to or from a
 port or locality where there is in force a compulsorily applicable
 ordinance or statute similar in nature to the International Convention for
 the Unification of Certain Rules Relating to Bills of Lading, dated at
 Brussels, August 25, 1924, the provisions of which cannot be departed
 from, and suit is brought in such port or locality, this Bill of Lading
 shall have effect subject to the Carriage of Goods by Sea Act of the
 United States (COGSA), approved April 16, 1936, and nothing herein
 contained, unless otherwise stated, shall be deemed a surrender by the
 Carrier of any of its rights, immunities, exemptions, limitations or
 exonerations or an increase of any of its responsibilities or liabilities
 thereunder or, as the case may be, such ordinances or statutes. The
 provisions of its responsibilities or liabilities under COGSA or such
 compulsorily applicable ordinances or statutes (except as otherwise
 specifically provided herein) shall govern before loading on and after
 discharge from the vessel and throughout the entire time the Goods or
 Containers or other packages are in the care, custody and/or control of
 the Carrier, its agents, servants, Participating carriers or independent
 contractors (inclusive of all subcontractors), whether engaged by or
 acting for the Carrier or any other person, and during the entire time the
 Carrier is responsible for the Goods.
b) The Carrier shall not be liable in any capacity whatsoever for any
 delay, non-delivery, misdelivery or other loss or damage to or in
 connection with the Goods or Containers or other packages occurring at any
 time contemplated under subdivision a) of this Clause.
c) The Carrier shall, irrespective of which law is applicable under
 subdivision a) of this Clause, be entitled to the benefit of the
 provisions of Sections 4281 to 4287, inclusive of the Revised Statutes of
 the United States and amendments thereto.
d) The rights, defenses, exemptions, limitations of and exonerations from
 liability and immunities of whatsoever nature provided for in this Bill of
 Lading shall apply in any action or proceeding against the Carrier, its
 agents and servants and/or any Participating carrier or independent
 contractor, whether in tort, contract or otherwise.
  
5. THROUGH TRANSPORTATION.
 When either the Place of Receipt or Place of Delivery set
 forth herein is an inland point or place other than the Port of Loading
 (Through Transportation basis), the Carrier will procure transportation to
 or from the sea terminal and such inland point(s) or place(s) and,
 notwithstanding anything in this Bill of Lading, but always subject to
 Clause 4 hereof, the Carrier shall be liable for loss or damage of
 whatsoever nature and howsoever arising to the following extent, but no
 further:
a) Upon proof that the loss or damage arose during a part of the
 Carriage herein made subject to COGSA or other legislation, as set forth
 in Clause 4 a) hereof, said legislation shall apply; or
b) Upon proof that the loss or damage not falling within a) above, but
 concerning which law of any country, state or subdivision thereof contains
 provisions that are compulsorily applicable and would have applied if the
 Merchant had made a separate and direct contract with the Carrier, a
 Participating carrier or independent contractor, as referred to herein,
 relative to a particular stage of transport or other handling wherein the
 loss or damage occurred and received as evidence thereof a particular
 receipt or other document, then the liability of the Carrier,
 Participating carrier and independent contractor shall be subject to the
 provisions of such law.
c) If it should be determined that the Carrier bears any responsibility for
 loss or damage occurring during the care, custody and/or control of any
 Participating carrier or independent contractor, and be subject to law
 compulsorily applicable to their bills of lading, receipts, tariffs and/or
 law applicable thereto, then the Carrier shall be entitled to all rights,
 defenses, immunities, exemptions, limitations of and exonerations from
 liability of whatsoever nature accorded under such bill of lading,
 receipt, tariff and/or applicable law, provided however, that nothing
 contained herein shall be deemed a surrender by the Carrier of any of its
 rights, defenses and immunities or an increase of any of its
 responsibilities or liabilities under this Bill of Lading, the Carrier's
 applicable tariff or laws applicable or relating thereto.
d) Except as herein above provided, the Carrier shall have no liability for
 damage to the Goods.
  
6. SUBCONTRACTING: BENEFICIARIES.
a) The Carrier shall be entitled to subcontract on any terms the whole or
 any part of the Carriage, loading, unloading, storing, warehousing,
 handling and any and all duties whatsoever undertaken by it in relation to
 the Goods or Containers or other packages or any other goods.
b) It is understood and agreed that if it should be adjudged that any
 person or entity other than or in addition to the Carrier is under any
 responsibility with respect to the Goods or any other goods, regardless of
 the port or place where any loss or damage shall occur and without regard
 to whether the Goods covered hereby or any other goods are being handled
 or are damaged directly or indirectly during any handling, and even if the
 Goods or other goods are transported on free in, stowed and/or free out
 terms, all exemptions, limitations of and exonerations from liability
 provided by law or by the Terms and Conditions hereof shall be available
 to all agents, servants, employees, representatives,  all Participating
 (including inland) carriers and all stevedores, terminal operators,
 warehousemen, crane operators, watchmen, carpenters, ship cleaners,
 surveyors and allindependent contractors inclusive of all persons
 providing any service whatsoever. In contracting for the foregoing
 exemptions, limitations of and exonerations from liability, the Carrier is
 acting as agent and trustee for and on behalf of all persons described
 above, all of whom shall to this extent be deemed to be a party to the
 contract evidenced by this Bill of Lading, regardless for whom acting or
 by whom retained and paid, it being always understood that said
 beneficiaries are not entitled to any greater or further exemptions,
 limitations of or exonerations from liability than those that the Carrier
 has under this Bill of Lading in any given situation.
c) 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 carriers to accomplish
 the total or any part of the Carriage from Port of Loading to Port of
 Discharge or from Place of Receipt to Place of Delivery, or any
 combination thereof, except as may be otherwise provided herein.
d) The Merchant agrees that the Carrier shall be deemed to be a beneficiary
 of the actual ocean carrier"s bill of lading and of all exemptions,
 limitations of and exonerations from liability therein contained even
 though the Carrier acts as agent of the Merchant in contracting with the
 actual ocean carrier for the Carriage of Goods. Notwithstanding, under no
 circumstances shall the Carrier be responsible for any damages to an
 extent greater than the actual ocean carrier or any beneficiaries of its
 bill of lading.
e) No agent or servant of the Carrier or other person or class named in
 subdivision b) hereof shall have power to waive or vary any of the terms
 hereof unless such waiver or variation is in writing and is specifically
 authorized or ratified in writing by an officer or director of the Carrier
 having actual authority to bind the Carrier to such waiver or variation.
  
7. MERCHANT"S RESPONSIBILITY: DESCRIPTION OF GOODS.
a) The description and particulars of the Goods set out on the face hereof
 or any description particular to other representation appearing on the
 Goods or documents relating thereto are furnished by the Merchant and the
 Merchant warrants to the Carrier that the description, particulars and any
 representation made including, but not limited to, weight, content,
 measure, quantity, quality, condition, marks, numbers and value are
 correct.
b) The Merchant warrants it has complied with all applicable laws,
 regulations and requirements of Customs, port and other authorities and
 shall bear and pay all duties, taxes, fines, imposts, expenses and losses
 incurred or suffered by reason thereof or by reason of any illegal,
 incorrect or insufficient marking, numbering, addressing or any other
 particulars relative to the Goods.
c) The Merchant further warrants that the Goods are packed in a manner
 adequate to withstand the ordinary risks of Carriage having regard to
 their nature and in compliance with all laws, regulations and requirements
 which may be applicable.
d) No Goods which are or may become dangerous, inflammable or damaging or
 which are or may become liable to damage any property or person whatsoever
 shall be tendered to the Carrier for Carriage without the Carrier"s prior
 express consent in writing and without the Container or other covering in
 which the Goods are to be transported and the Goods being distinctly
 marked on the outside so as to indicate the nature and character of any
 such articles and as to comply with all applicable laws, regulations and
 requirements. If any such articles are delivered to the Carrier without
 such written consent and marking or if in the opinion of the Carrier the
 articles are or are liable to become of a dangerous, inflammable or
 damaging nature, the same may at any time be destroyed, disposed of,
 abandoned or rendered harmless without compensation to the Merchant and
 without prejudice to the Carrier"s right to Charges.
e) 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, recoopering,
 baling, reconditioning of the Goods and gathering of loose contents, also
 for expenses for repairing Containers damaged 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, Goods, Containers or other packages
 and for 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 or other 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 of 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.
f) The Merchant shall be liable for all loss, damage and/or expense of any
 kind whatsoever, including but not limited to contamination, soiling,
 detention and demurrage before, during and after the Carriage of property
 (including but not limited to Containers) of the Carrier or any person or
 Participating carrier or anyone else (other than the Merchant) caused by
 the Merchant or any person acting on its behalf or for which the Merchant
 is otherwise responsible.
g) The Merchant shall defend, indemnify, and hold harmless the Carrier
 against any loss, damage, claim, liability or expense whatsoever arising
 from any breach of the provisions of this Clause 7 or from any cause in
 connection with the Goods for which the Carrier is not ultimately
 responsible.
  
8. CONTAINERS.
a) Goods may be stuffed by the Carrier in or on Containers and Goods may be
 stuffed with other Goods. Containers, whether stuffed by or on behalf of
 the Carrier or received fully stuffed , may be carried on or under deck
 without notice, and the Merchant expressly agrees that cargo stuffed in a
 Container and carried on deck is considered for all legal purposes to be
 cargo stowed under deck. Goods stowed in Containers on deck shall be
 subject to the legislation referred to in Clause 4. hereof and will
 contribute in General Average and receive compensation in General Average,
 as the case may be.
b) The Terms and Conditions of this Bill of Lading shall govern the
 responsibility of the Carrier in connection with or arising out of the
 supply of a Container to the Merchant, whether supplied before or after
 the Goods are received by the Carrier or delivered to the Merchant.
c) If a Container has been stuffed by or on behalf of the Merchant the
 Carrier shall not be liable for loss of or damage to the Goods
  (i) caused by the manner in which the Container has been stuffed,
 (ii) caused by the unsuitability of the Goods for carriage in Containers
    provided that the subdivision c) shall only apply if the unsuitability
    or defective condition arose
   (a) without any want of due diligence on the part of the Carrier or
   (b) would have beenRT
     Merchant at or prior to the time when the Container was stuffed and
    secured and prior to its locking and/or sealing.
d) Where the Carrier is instructed to provide a Container, in the absence
 of a written request to the contrary, the Carrier is only obliged to
 provide a dry container (i.e. without temperature or atmosphere control)
 and is not under an obligation to provide a Container of any other type or
 quality.
e) The Merchant shall defend, indemnify and hold harmless the Carrier
 against any loss, damage, claim, liability or expense whatsoever arising
 from one or more of the matters covered by a), b), c) or d).
  
9. CONTAINERS WITH HEATING OR REEFER APPARATUS.
 Containers with temperature or atmosphere control apparatus for heating,
 refrigeration, ventilation or otherwise will not be furnished unless
 contracted for expressly in writing at time of booking and, when
 furnished, may entail increased Charges. In the absence of an express
 request, it shall be conclusively presumed that the use of a dry container
 is appropriate for the Goods. Merchant must provide Carrier with desired
 temperature range in writing at time of booking and insert same on the
 face side of the Bill of Lading and, where so provided, Carrier is to
 exercise due diligence to maintain the temperature within a reasonable
 range while the Containers are in its care, custody and/or control or that
 of any Participating carrier or independent contractor. The Carrier does
 not accept any responsibility for the functioning of temperature or
 atmosphere-controlled Containers not owned or leased by Carrier or for
 latent defects not discoverable by the exercise of due diligence.  Where
 the Container is stuffed or partially stuffed by or on behalf of the
 Merchant, the Merchant warrants that it has properly pre-cooled the
 Container, that the Goods have been properly stuffed and secured within
 the Container and that the temperature controls have been properly set
 prior to delivery of the Container to the Carrier, its agents, servants,
 or any Participating carrier or independent contractor. The Merchant
 accepts responsibility for all damage or loss of whatsoever nature
 resulting from a breach of any of these warranties, including but not
 limited to other cargo consolidated in the Container with the Merchant's
 Goods or to any other cargo, property or person damaged or injured as a
 result thereof, and the Merchant agrees to defend, indemnify and hold the
 Carrier, its agents, servants, Participating carriers and independent
 contractors harmless from and against all claims, suits, proceedings and
 other consequences thereof regardless of their nature and merit.
  
10. CARRIER"S EQUIPMENT:
 INDEMNITY Whenever the Merchant, or an agent, servant, contractor or
 anyone else acting on its behalf, directly or indirectly, takes possession
 of or exercises control over a Container and/or any equipment whatsoever
 owned or leased by, or the use of which is provided to or by the Carrier,
 any Participating carrier, their agents, servants or
 contractors, the Merchant agrees to defend, indemnify and hold harmless
 the Carrier, any Participating carrier and independent contractors, their
 agents and servants, from and against any loss, damage or expense to or
 incurred by said Container and equipment, as well as to any third-party
 property, and for any injury to or death of persons arising out of the use
 of said Container and equipment and/or failure to timely return the
 Container to the Carrier.
  
11. OPTION OF INSPECTION.
 The Carrier and any Participating carrier shall be entitled, but under no
 obligation, to open any Container at any time and to inspect the contents.
 If it thereupon appears that the contents or any part thereof cannot
 safely or properly be carried or carried further, either at all or without
 incurring any additional expense, the Carrier and Participating carrier
 may abandon the transportation thereof and/or take any measures and/or
 incur any reasonable additional expenses to continue the Carriage or to
 store the Goods, which storage shall be deemed to constitute due delivery
 under this Bill of Lading. The Merchant shall indemnify the Carrier
 against any reasonable additional Charges and consequences so incurred.
  
12. DECK CARGO.
 Deck cargo (except that 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 will not in any event be liable for
 any loss or damage for or from which it is exempt, immune or exonerated by
 applicable law, 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 may be otherwise provided herein, such shipments shall
 be deemed Goods and shall be subject to all Terms and Conditions of this
 Bill of Lading.
  
13. METHODS AND ROUTES OF TRANSPORTATION; LIBERTIES.
 With respect to the
 Goods or Containers or other packages, the Carrier may at any time and
 without notice to the Merchant:
a) use any means of transport (water, land and/or air) or storage
 whatsoever;
b) forward, transship or retain on board or carry on another vessel or
 conveyance or by any other means of transport other than that named on the
 reverse side hereof;
c) carry Goods on or under deck at its option;
d) proceed by any route in its sole and absolute discretion and whether the
 nearest, most direct, customary or advertised route in or out of
 geographical rotation;
e) proceed to or stay at any place whatsoever once or more often and in any
 order or omit calling at any port, whether scheduled or not;
f) store, vanned or devanned, at any place whatsoever, ashore or afloat, in
 the open or covered;
g) proceed with or without pilots;
h) carry livestock, contraband, explosives, munitions, warlike stores,
 dangerous or hazardous goods or goods of any and all kinds;
i) drydock or stop at any unscheduled or unadvertised port for bunkers,
 repairs or for any purpose whatsoever;
j) discharge and require the Merchant to take delivery, vanned or devanned;
k) comply with any orders, directions or recommendations given by any
 government or authority or by any person or body acting or purporting to
 act with the authority of any government or authority or having under the
 terms of the insurance on the vessel or other conveyance employed by the
 Carrier the right to give such orders, directions or recommendations;
l) take any other steps or precautions as may appear reasonable to the
 Carrier under the circumstances. The liberties set out in subdivisions
 a) through l) may be invoked for any purpose whatsoever even if not
 connected with the Carriage covered by this Bill of Lading, and any action
 taken or omitted to be taken, and any delay arising therefrom, shall be
 deemed to be within the contractual and contemplated Carriage and not be
 an unreasonable deviation. In no circumstance whatsoever shall the Carrier
 be liable for direct, indirect or consequential loss or damage caused by
 delay.
  
14. MATTERS AFFECTING PERFORMANCE.
In any situation whatsoever and wheresoever occurring and whether existing
or anticipated before commencement of, during or after the Carriage, which
in the judgment of the Carrier is likely to give rise to any hindrance,
risk, capture, seizure, detention, damage, delay, difficulty or
disadvantage or loss to the Carrier or any part of the Goods, or make it
unsafe, imprudent, impracticable or unlawful for any reason to receive,
keep, load, carry or discharge them or any part of them or commence or
continue the Carriage or disembark passengers at the port of Discharge or
at the usual or intended place of discharge or delivery, or to give rise to
danger, delay or difficulty of whatsoever nature in proceeding by the usual
or intended route, the Carrier and any Participating carrier, without
notice to the Merchant, may decline to receive, keep, load, carry or
discharge the Goods, or may discharge the Goods and may require the
Merchant to take delivery and, upon failure to do so, may warehouse them at
the risk and expense of the Merchant and Goods or  may forward or transship
them as provided in this Bill of Lading, or the Carrier may retain the
Goods on board until the return of the Vessel to the Port of Loading or to
the Port of Discharge or any other point or until such time as the Carrier
deems advisable and thereafter discharge them  at any place whatsoever. In
such event, as herein provided, such shall be at the risk and expense of
the Merchant and Goods, and such action shall constitute complete delivery
and performance under this contract, and the Carrier shall be free from any
further responsibility. For any service rendered as herein above provided
or for any delay or expense to the Carrier or Vessel caused as a result
thereof, the Carrier shall, in addition to full Charges, be entitled to
reasonable extra compensation, and shall have a lien on the Goods for same.
Notice of disposition of the Goods shall be sent to the  Merchant named in
this Bill of Lading within a reasonable time thereafter.  All actions taken
by the Carrier hereunder shall be deemed to be within the contractual and
contemplated Carriage and not be an unreasonable deviation.
  
15. DELIVERY.
If delivery of the Goods or Containers or other packages or any part
thereof is not taken by the Merchant when and where and at such time and
place as the Carrier is entitled to have the Merchant take delivery, they
shall be considered to have been delivered to the Merchant, and the Carrier
may, at its option, subject to its lien and without notice, elect to have
same remain where they are or sent to a warehouse or other place,
containerized or devanned, always at the risk and expense of the Merchant
and Goods.  If the Goods are stuffed within a Container owned or leased by
the Carrier, the Carrier shall be entitled to devan the contents of any
such Container, whereupon the Goods shall be considered to have been
delivered to the Merchant and the Carrier may at its option, subject to
its lien and without notice, elect to have same remain where they are or
sent to a warehouse or other place, always at the risk and expense of the
Merchant and Goods.
  
16. CHARGES, INCLUDING FREIGHT.
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 Vessel can get
to, be at, lie at, or leave, always safely afloat, or 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 Vessel 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 Merchant and 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. The Charges payable hereunder have
been calculated on the basis of particulars furnished by or on behalf of
the Merchant. The Carrier shall, at any time, be entitled to inspect,
reweigh, remeasure or revalue the contents and, if any of the particulars
furnished by the Merchant are found to be incorrect, the Charges shall be
adjusted accordingly and the Merchant shall be responsible to pay the
correct Charges and all expenses incurred by the Carrier in checking said
particulars or any of them.  Charges shall be deemed earned on acceptance
of the Goods or Containers or other packages for shipment by the Carrier
and shall be paid by the Merchant in full, without any offset, counterclaim
or deduction, cargo and/or vessel or other conveyance lost, or not lost,
and shall be non-returnable in any event.  The Merchant shall remain
responsible for all Charges, regardless whether the  Bill of Lading states,
in words or symbols, that it is "Prepaid" or "Collect."  In arranging for
any services with respect to the Goods, the Carrier shall be considered the
exclusive agent of the Merchant for all purposes, and any payment of
Charges to other than the carrier shall not, in any event, be considered
payment to the Carrier.  The Merchant shall defend, indemnify and hold the
Carrier, any Participating carrier, independent contractor, their agents
and servants, harmless from and against all liability, loss damage and
expense which may be sustained or incurred relative to the above.
  
17. CARRIER"S LIEN.
The Carrier shall have a lien on the Goods, inclusive of any Container
owned or leased  by the Merchant and on all equipment and appurtenances
thereto, as well as on any Charges due  any other person, and on any
documents relating thereto, which lien shall survive delivery, for all sums
due under this contract or any other contract or undertaking to which the
Merchant was party or otherwise involved, including, but not limited to,
General Average contributions, salvage and the cost of recovering such
sums, inclusive of attorneys" fees. Such lien may be enforced by the
Carrier by public or private sale at the expense of and without notice to
the Merchant.  The Merchant agrees to defend, indemnify and hold the
Carrier, any Participating Carrier, independent contractor, their agents
and servants, harmless from and against all liability, loss, damage or
expense which may be sustained or incurred by the Carrier relative to the
above and the Merchant agrees to submit to the jurisdiction of any court,
tribunal or other body before whom the Carrier may be brought, whether said
proceeding is of a civil or criminal nature.
  
18. RUST.
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
Goods. Acknowledgement of receipt of the Goods in apparent good order and
condition is not a representation that such conditions of rust, oxidation
or the like did not exist on receipt.
  
19. GENERAL AVERAGE.
a) If General Average is declared, it shall be adjusted according to the
 York/Antwerp Rules of 1994 and all subsequent amendments thereto from time
 to time made, at any place at the option of any person entitled to declare
 General Average, and the Amended Jason Clause as approved by BIMCO is to
 be considered as incorporated herein, and the Merchant shall provide such
 security as may be required in this connection.
b) Notwithstanding a) above, the Merchant shall defend, indemnify and hold
 harmless the Carrier and any Participating carrier, their agents and
 servants, in respect of any claim (and any expense arising therefrom) of a
 General Average and/or salvage nature which may be made against the
 Carrier and/or any Participating carrier and shall provide such security
 as may be required by the Carrier in this connection.
c) Neither the Carrier nor any Participating carrier shall be under any
 obligation to take any steps whatsoever to post security for General
 Average or to collect security for General Average contributions due from
 or to the Merchant.
  
20. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY.
Except as otherwise provided in this Clause or elsewhere in this Bill of
Lading, in case of any loss or damage to or in connection with cargo
exceeding in actual value the equivalent of $500 lawful money of the United
States, per package, or in case of cargo not shipped in packages, per
shipping unit, the value of the cargo 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 of $500 per package or per shipping unit
or pro rata in case of partial loss or damage, unless the nature of the
cargo and valuation higher than $500 per package or per shipping unit shall
have been declared by the Merchant before shipment and inserted in this
Bill of Lading, and extra freight paid if required. In such case, if the
actual value of the cargo per package or per shipping unit shall exceed
such declared value, the value shall nevertheless be deemed to be declared
value and the Carrier"s liability, if any, shall not exceed the declared
value.  The words "shipping unit" shall mean each physical unit (e.g.
container, bundle, pallet, etc.) or piece of cargo not shipped in a
package, including articles or things of any description whatsoever, except
cargo shipped in bulk, and irrespective of the weight or measurement unit
employed in calculating freight and related charges.  As to cargo shipped
in bulk, the limitation applicable thereto shall be the limitation provided
in Section 1304(5) of COGSA, or such other legislation, convention or law
as may be applicable, and in no event shall anything herein be construed as
a waiver of limitation as to cargo shipped in bulk.  Where a Container is
not stuffed by or on behalf of the Carrier or the parties characterize the
Container as a package or a lump sum freight is assessed, in any of these
events, each individual such Container, 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, except as otherwise provided in
this Clause or elsewhere in this Bill of Lading with respect to each such
package. In the event this provision should be held invalid during that
period in which compulsory legislation shall apply of its own force and
effect, such as during the tackle-to-tackle period, it shall nevertheless
apply during all non- compulsory periods such as, but not limited to, all
periods prior to loading and subsequent to discharge from the Vessel for
which the Carrier remains responsible.  Where compulsorily applicable
legislation provides a limitation less than $500 per package or shipping
unit, such lesser limitation shall apply and nothing herein contained shall
be construed as a waiver of a limitation less than $500.  Further, where a
lesser monetary limitation is applicable, such as during handling by a
Participating Carrier or Independent Contractor and damage occurs during
its or their period of care, custody, control and/or responsibility, the
Carrier shall be entitled to avail itself of such lesser limitation.
  
21. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR INLAND TRANSPORTATION
In the event the Carmack Amendment or other legislation governing transport
from the Place of Receipt to the Port of Loading or from the Port of
Discharge to the Place of Delivery is compulsorily applicable during such
transport and renders the legislation referred to in Clause 4.a) hereof
inapplicable, the Carrier"s liability shall be limited to $.50 per lb. of
the Goods shipped unless the Merchant, before shipment, shall have declared
in writing the nature of the Goods and their true value, inserted it on the
face side of the Bill of Lading and paid extra freight, if required.  In
all such instances, the Merchant has 9 months from the date of delivery or
date delivery should have been made to file a written claim against the
Carrier, which claim must state the nature of the Goods, the type loss or
damage sustained and include a specified or determinable amount of money. A
claim is not considered "filed" until it has been delivered to and received
by the Carrier.  In the event compulsorily applicable law provides for a
greater period of time to file a claim or civil action, such period(s)
shall govern.
  
22. NOTICE OF CLAIM; TIME FOR SUIT.
As to any loss or damage presumed to have occurred during the Carrier's
period of responsibility, the Carrier must be notified in writing of any
such loss or damage or claim before or at the time of discharge/removal of
the Goods by the Merchant or, if the loss or damage is not then apparent,
within 3 consecutive days after discharge/delivery or the date when the
Goods should have been discharged/delivered or the date when the Goods
should have been delivered.  If not so notified, discharge, removal or
delivery, depending upon the law applicable, shall be prima facie evidence
of discharge/delivery in good order by the Carrier of such Goods. In any
event, the Carrier shall be discharged from all liability of whatsoever
nature unless suit is brought within 1 year after delivery of the Goods or
the date when the Goods should have been delivered, provided, however, that
if any claim should arise during a part of the transport which is subject
by applicable law and/or tariff and/or contract to a shorter period for
notice of claim or commencement of suit, any liability whatsoever of the
Carrier shall cease unless proper claim is made in writing and suit is
brought within such shorter period. Suit shall not be deemed "brought"
unless jurisdiction is obtained over the Carrier by service of process or
by an agreement to appear. In the event this provision is held invalid
during that period in which compulsory legislation shall apply of its own
force and effect, such as during the tackle-to-tackle period, it shall
nevertheless apply during all non-compulsory periods during which the
Carrier remains responsible for the Goods.
  
23. JURISDICTION
All disputes of whatsoever nature under or in connection with this Bill of
Lading shall be determined by the United States District Court for the
Southern District of New York to the exclusion of any other court, PROVIDED
ALWAYS that the Carrier may in its absolute and sole discretion invoke or
voluntarily submit to the jurisdiction of any other court which, but for
the terms of this Bill of Lading, could properly assume jurisdiction to
hear and determine such disputes, but such shall not constitute a waiver of
the terms of this provision in any other instance.
  
24. NON-WAIVER AND SEPARABILITY.
Nothing in this Bill of Lading shall operate to deprive the Carrier of any
statutory protection or any defense, immunity, exemption, limitation or
exoneration from liability contained in the laws of the United States, or
of any other country whose laws may be applicable. The Terms and Conditions
 of this Bill of Lading (including all of the terms and conditions of the
carrier"s applicable tariff or tariffs, incorporated herein by virtue of
Clause 2 above) 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 term hereof.

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