BILL OF LADING
TO BE USED WITH CHARTER-PARTIES
CODE NAME: “CONGENBILL”
EDITION 1994
ADOPTED BY BIMCO
Conditions of Carriage
(1) All terms and conditions, liberties and exceptions of the Charter Party, dated as overleaf, including the Law and Arbitration Clause, are herewith
incorporated.
(2) General Paramount Clause.
(a) The Hague Rules contained in the International Convention for the
Unification of certain rules relating to Bills of Lading, dated Brussels the 25th
August 1924 as enacted in the country of shipment, shall apply to this Bill of
Lading. When no such enactment is in force in the country of
shipment, the corresponding legislation of the country of destination shall
apply, but in respect of shipments to which no such enactments are
compulsorily applicable, the terms of the said Convention shall apply.
(b) Trades where Hague-Visby Rules apply.
In trades where the International Brussels Convention 1924 as amended by
the Protocol signed at Brussels on February 23rd 1968 - the Hague-
Visby Rules - apply compulsorily, the provisions of the respective legislation
shall apply to this Bill of Lading.
(c) The Carrier shall in no case be responsible for loss of or damage to the
cargo, howsoever arising prior to loading into and after discharge from
the Vessel or while the cargo is in the charge of another Carrier, nor in
respect of deck cargo or live animals.
