Admin / 2002/07/19
| <PIG IRON PROTECTIVE CLAUSE> ============================ CHARTERERS ARE AT THE LIBERTY TO CARRY ONLY ONE SHIPMENT OF PIG IRON, (WHETHER IT BE FULL OR PART CARGO), DURING THE ENTIRE PERIOD OF THIS CHARTER, IF EXERCISED, ON THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS: (a) CHARTERERS UNDERTAKE THAT LOADING OF THE FIRST LAYER OF THE CARGO WILL NOT BE RELEASED UNTIL TOUCHING TANKTOP AND WILL NOT BE DUMPED AND/OR DROPPED DURING LOADING. FIRST LAYER OF CARGO IS TO BE LOADED, STOWED, TRIMMED TO THE SATISFACTION OF THE MASTER BEFORE LOADING BALANCE OF CARGO. (b) PRIOR LOADING, CHTRS TO PROVIDE SUFFICIENT DUNNAGE TO PROTECT THE VSL'S HOLDS. (C) DAMAGE TO THE VESSEL CAUSED BY PIG IRON, THE LIABILITY OF THE CHTRS ARE TO BE DETERMINED BY PRE-LOADING AND POST- DISCHARGING SURVEYS. SUCH SURVEYS ARE FOR CHARTERERS' ACCOUNT. |