Bill of Lading and Waybill Terms

SHIPPED ON BOARD, the goods or packages said to contain goods hereinafter mentioned in apparent good order and condition unless otherwise indicated in this Bill of Lading to be transported subject to all the terms of this Bill of Lading and to ship’s engagements not hereby disclosed with liberty to proceed via any port or ports within the voyage herein contracted for (see Clause 4), to the port of discharge or so near thereunto as the ship can always safely get and leave, always afloat at all stages and conditions of water and weather, and there to be delivered or transshipped on payment of the charges thereon in like apparent good order and condition from ship’s tackle or deck and, in case of bulk liquids, from ship’s pipe line connections on the ship where Carrier’s responsibility shall cease.

It is agreed that the custody and carriage of the goods are subject to the following terms which shall govern the relations, Whatsoever they may be between the shipper, consignee, and the Carrier, master and ship in every contingency, wheresoever and whensoever occurring, and also in the event of deviation, or of unseaworthiness of the ship at the time of loading or inception of the voyage or subsequently, and none of the terms of this Bill of lading shall be deemed to have been waived by the Carrier unless by express waiver in writing signed by a duty authorized agent of the carrier :