Effective	16SEP2011
Filed	16SEP2011
Filing Codes	I

All cargo transported under the rates, charges, terms and
conditions named in this Tariff, in NRAs or in Rate Tariff
TLIs governed by 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:
     
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 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 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 are in the custody of the actual ocean carrier' and in the
event of intermodal 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 other concerned 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 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. RESPONSIBILTY.
a) Except where the Carriage covered by this Bill of Lading is to or
from a part or locally 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 the Bills of Lading, dated at Brussels, August 25, 1924,
the provisions of which cannot be departed from, 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 under COGSA or, as the case may be, such ordinances or
statues.  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, 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. 
          
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 Claude 4 of 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 in Clause 4 a), 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 to such
Carriage, 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 all
independent contractors 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 Carriers 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 shall be liable for all loss or damage 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 vessel (other than the Merchant) caused by the Merchant
or any person acting on its behalf or for which the Merchant is
otherwise responsible.  
          
f) 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 8
or from any cause in connection with the Goods for which the Carrier
is not responsible. 
          
8. CONTAINERS.
a) Goods may be stuffed by the Carrier in or on Containers and Goods
may be stuffed with other Goods.  
          
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
           1. 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 caused by the unsuitability or defective condition of the
Container 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 been
apparent upon reasonable inspection by the Merchant at or prior to
the time when the Container was stuffed and secured and prior to its
locking and/or sealing; if the Container is not sealed at the
commencement of the Carriage except where the carrier has agreed to
seal the Container.
          
           2. 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 c) 1
above except for c) 1. 3. 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. 
          
9. CONTAINERIZED CARGO.
Goods may be stowed by the Carrier in Containers, and Containers,
whether stowed by the Carrier or received fully stowed, may be
carried on or under deck without notice.  The Merchant expressly
agrees that the cargo stowed 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 continue in
General Average and receive compensation in General Average, as the
case may be. 
          
10. CONTAINERS WITH HEATING OR REEFER APPARATUS.
Containers with temperature or atmosphere control apparatus for
heating, refrigeration 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-coded
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. 
          
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 to 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 he 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, 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 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 Carriage be liable for direct, indirect or consequential
loss or damage caused by delay. 
          
14. MATTERS AFFECTING PERFORMANCE.
          a) If at any time the Carriage is or is likely to be
affected by an hindrance, risk, delay, difficulty or disadvantage of
any kind (including the condition of the Goods), whensoever and
howsoever arising (whether or not the Carriage has commenced), the
Carrier may without notice to the Merchant abandon the Carriage of
the Goods and where reasonable possible place the Goods or any part
of them at the Merchant's disposal at any place which the Carrier may
deem is safe and convenient whereupon the responsibility of the
Carrier in respect of such goods shall cease; without prejudice to
the Carrier's right subsequently to abandon the Carriage under above,
continue the Carriage, take any and all steps set forth in Clause 13,
hereof.
          
b) The liability of the Carrier with respect to the Goods shall cease
on the delivery or other disposition of the Goods in accordance with
the orders or recommendations given by any government or authority or
any person acting or purporting to act as or on behalf of such
government or authority.
          
c) In any event, the carrier shall be entitled to full Charges on
Goods received for carriage and the Merchant shall pay any additional
costs resulting from the above mentioned circumstances. 
          
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 the same remain where they are or sent
to a warehouse or other place, always at the risk and expense of the
Merchant and Goods.  If the Goods are stowed 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.
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, counter claim 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 to be 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, as well as on any Charges
due any other person, and 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 partly or
otherwise involved, including, but not limited to, General Average
contributions, salvage and the cost of recovering such sums,
inclusive of attorney 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. BOTH-TO-BLAME COLLISION.
If the Vessel on which the Goods are carried (the carrying Vessel)
comes into collision with any other vessel or object (the
non-carrying vessel or object) as a result of the negligence of the
non-carrying vessel or object or the owner of, charterer of, or
person responsible for the non-carrying vessel or object, the
Merchant undertakes to defend, indemnify and hold harmless the
Carrier against all claims by or liability to (and any expense
arising therefrom) any vessel or person in respect of any loss or
damage to, or any claim whatsoever of the Merchant paid or payable to
the Merchant by the non-carrying vessel or object or the owner of,
charterer of or person responsible for the non-carrying vessel or
object and set off, recouped or recovered by such vessel, object or
person against the Carrier, the carrying vessel or her owners or
charterers.  This provision is to remain in effect in other
jurisdictions, even if unenforceable in the courts of the United
States. 
          
20. GENERAL AVERAGE.
a) The Carrier may declare General Average which shall be adjusted
according to the York/Antwerp Rules of 1994 and all subsequent
amendments from time to time made, at any place at the option of the
Carrier 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 by the Carrier in this connection. 
          
b) Notwithstanding a) above, the Merchant shall claim (and any
expense arising therefrom) of a General Average 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 collect security for
General Average contributions due to the Merchant. 
          
21. 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 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 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. 
          
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.  If not so notified, discharge, removal or
delivery, depending upon the law applicable shall be the prima facia
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.
          
23. 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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