Bill of Lading Clauses iss-shipping DEFINITIONS
 

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'Carrier' Means the party ****d in the Signature Box on the face hereof.

'Merchant' Includes any Person who at any time has been or becomes the Shipper, Holder, Consignee, Receiver of the Goods, any Person who owns or is entitled to the possession of the Goods or of this Bill of Lading and any Person acting on behalf of any such Person.

'Holder' Means any Person for the time being in possession of (or entitled to the possession of) this Bill of Lading.

'Person' Includes an individual, group, company or other entity.

'Sub-Contractor' Includes (but is not limited to) owners and operators of any vessels (other than the Carrier), stevedores, terminal and groupage operators, road, rail and air transport operators and any independent contractor employed by the Carrier in performance of the Carriage and any sub-sub-contractors thereof.

'Indemnify' Includes defend, indemnify and hold harmless whether or not the obligation to indemnify arises out of negligent or non-negligent acts or omissions of the Carrier, his servants, agents or Sub-Contractors.

'Goods' Means the whole or any part of the cargo received from the Shipper and includes the packing and any equipment or Container not supplied by or on behalf of the Carrier.

'Container' Includes any container, trailer, transportable tank, flat or pallet, or any similar article used to consolidate goods and any ancillary equipment.

'Carriage' Means the whole or any part of the operations and services undertaken by the Carrier in respect of the Goods covered by this Bill of Lading.

'Port of Loading' Means any port at which the Goods are loaded on board any Vessel (which may not necessarily the Vessel ****d overleaf) for Carriage under this Bill of Lading

'Port of Discharge' Means any port at which the Goods are discharged from any Vessel (which may not necessarily the Vessel ****d overleaf) after Carriage under this Bill of Lading.

'Vessel' Means any waterborne craft used in the Carriage under this Bill of Lading which may be a feeder vessel or an ocean vessel.

'Combined Transport' Arises if the Place of Receipt and/or the Place of Delivery are indicated on the face hereof in the relevant spaces.

'Port to Port' Arises if the Carriage is not Combined Transport.

'Shipped on Board' Relates only to the Container into which the Goods are manifested.

'Freight' Includes all charges payable to the Carrier in accordance with the applicable Tariff and this Bill of Lading.

'Hague Rules' Means the provisions of the International Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules relating to Bills of Lading signed at Brussels on 25th August, 1924 and includes the amendments by the Protocol signed at Brussels on 23rd February, 1968, but only if such amendments are compulsorily applicable to this Bill of Lading. (It is expressly provided that nothing in this Bill of Lading shall be construed as contractually applying said Rules as amended by said Protocol).