Contract
Exhibit 4.1
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XXXXXXX 2009 STANDARD SHIP MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT | |||||
PART I | |||||
1. | Place and date of Agreement | 2. | Date of commencement of Agreement (Cls. 2, 12, 21 and 25) | ||
Piraeus, Greece | The Amendment & Restatement Date | ||||
Originally dated [●], as amended and restated on 1 November 2023 (the “Amendment & Restatement Date”) | |||||
3. | Owners (name, place of registered office and law of registry) (Cl. 1) | 4. | Managers (name, place of registered office and law of registry) (Cl. 1) | ||
(i) Name: [●]. | (i) Name: Kyklades Maritime Corporation | ||||
Place of registered office: [●] | (i) Place of registered office: 00 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx | ||||
(ii) Law of registry: [●] | (ii) Law of registry: The Republic of Liberia | ||||
5. | The Company (with reference to the ISM/ISPS Codes) (state name and IMO Unique Company Identification number. If the Company is a third party then also state registered office and principal place of business) (Cls. 1 and 9(c)(i)) | 6. | Technical
Management (state “ yes” or “no” as agreed) (Cl. 4) Yes | ||
7. | Crew Management (state “ yes” or “no” as agreed) (Cl. 5(a)) | ||||
(i) Name: N/A | Yes | ||||
(i) IMO Unique Company Identification number: N/A | 8. | Commercial Management (state “ yes” or “no” as agreed) (Cl. 6) | |||
NO | |||||
(ii) Place of registered office: N/A | |||||
(iii) Principal place of business: N/A | |||||
9. | Chartering Services period (only to be filled in if “ yes” stated in Box 8) (Cl.6(a)) | 10. | Crew Insurance arrangements (state “ yes” or “ no” as agreed) | ||
N/A | (i) Crew Insurances* (Cl. 5(b)): Yes | ||||
(ii) Insurance for persons proceeding to sea onboard (Cl. 5(b)(i)): Yes | |||||
*only to apply if Crew Management (Cl. 5(a)) agreed (see Box 7) | |||||
11. | Insurance
arrangements (state “ yes” or “ no” as agreed) (Cl. 7) Yes |
12. | Optional insurances (state optional insurance(s) as agreed, such as piracy, kidnap and xxxxxx, loss of hire and FD & D) (Cl. 10(a)(iv)) | ||
As may be applicable from time to time | |||||
13. | Interest (state rate of interest to apply after due date to outstanding sums) (Cl. 9(a)) | 14. | Annual
management fee (state annual amount) (Cl. 12(a)) US$328,500 per annum, i.e. US$900 per day | ||
No | |||||
15. | Manager’s
nominated account (Cl.12(a)) As separately notified in writing |
16. | Daily
rate (state rate for days in ex cess of those agreed in budget) (Cl. 12(c)) N/A | ||
17. | Lay-up period / number of months (Cl.12(d)) | ||||
4 months | |||||
18. | Minimum
contract period (state number of months) (Cl. 21(a)) Continuing unless and until terminated pursuant to its terms. |
19. | Management fee on termination (state number of months to apply) ( Cl. 22(g)) 36 months. | ||
20. | Severance
Costs (state max imum amount) (Cl. 22(h)(ii)) As compulsory by law |
21. | Dispute Resolution (state alternative Cl. 23(a), 23(b) or 23(c); if Cl. 23(c) place of arbitration must be stated) (Cl. 23) | ||
English law, London arbitration | |||||
22. | Notices (state full style contact details for serving notice and communication to the Owners) (Cl. 24) | 23. | Notices (state full style contact details for serving notice and communication to the Managers) Cl. 24) | ||
Ethnarchou Makariou av. & 2 X. Xxxxxxxx str. | Ethnarchou Makariou av. & 2 X. Xxxxxxxx str. | ||||
18547 Neo Faliro, Greece | 18547 Neo Faliro, Greece | ||||
Phone: | Phone: | ||||
Email: | Email: |
It is mutually agreed between the party stated in Box 3 and the party stated in Box 4 that this Agreement consisting of PART l and PART ll as well as Annex es “ A” (Details of Vessel or Vessels), “ B” (Details of Crew), “ C” (Budget), “ D” (Associated Vessels) and “ E” (Fee Schedule) attached hereto, shall be performed subject to the conditions contained herein. In the event of a conflict of conditions, the provisions of PART l and Xxxxx es “ A” , “B”, “C”, “D” and “E” shall prevail over those of PART ll to the ex tent of such conflict but no further.
Signature(s) (Owners) | Signature(s) (Managers) |
[·] | Kyklades Maritime Corporation |
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ANNEX “ A” (DETAILS OF VESSEL OR VESSELS)
TO THE BIMCO STANDARD SHIP MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT
CODE NAME: XXXXXXX 2009
Date of Agreement: the Amendment & Restatement Date
Name of Xxxxxx(s): Name of Vessel: [●]
Particulars of Vessel(s): [●]
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ANNEX
“ B” (DETAILS OF CREW)
TO
THE BIMCO STANDARD SHIP MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT
CODE
NAME: XXXXXXX 2009
Date
of Agreement:
Details
of Crew:
Numbers Rank Nationality
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ANNEX
“ C” (BUDGET)
TO
THE BIMCO STANDARD SHIP MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT
CODE
NAME: XXXXXXX 2009
Date
of Agreement:
Managers´
initial budget with effect from the commencement date of this Agreement (see Box 2):
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ANNEX
“ D” (ASSOCIATED VESSELS)
TO
THE BIMCO STANDARD SHIP MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT
CODE
NAME: XXXXXXX 2009
NOTE:
PARTIES SHOULD BE AWARE THAT BY COMPLETING THIS ANNEX “D” THEY WILL BE SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF SUB-CLAUSE
22(b)(i) OF THIS AGREEMENT.
Date
of Agreement:
Details
of Associated Vessels:
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ANNEX “ E”
(FEE SCHEDULE)
TO THE BIMCO STANDARD
SHIP MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT
CODE
NAME: XXXXXXX 2009
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SECTION 1 – Basis of the Agreement
1. Definitions | 1 |
In this Agreement save where the context otherwise requires, the following words and expressions shall have | 2 |
the meanings hereby assigned to them: | 3 |
“Company” (with reference to the ISM Code and the ISPS Code) means the organization identified in Box 5 | 4 |
or any replacement organization appointed by the Owners from time to time (see Sub -clauses 9(b)(i) or 9(c) | 5 |
“Amendment & Restatement Date” means the date on which this Agreement is amended & restated, as set out in Box 1.
“Change of Control” means the occurrence of any of the following:
(a) | the Owners’ Shareholder ceasing to be the direct or indirect shareholder of the Owners; |
(b) | any person or group of persons acting in concert (other than the Permitted Holders) gains control of the Owners or the Owners’ Shareholder; |
(c) | the merger or consolidation of the Owners or the Owners’ Shareholder with any person other than a Permitted Holder; |
(d) | the direct or indirect sale, lease, transfer, conveyance or other disposition in one or a series of related transactions, of all or substantially all of the Owners’ or the Owners’ Shareholder’s, or the Owners’ Shareholders’ subsidiaries’, assets, taken as a whole, to any person other than a Permitted Holder; |
(e) | the order or approval for the liquidation or dissolution of the Owners or the Owners’ Shareholder; or |
(f) | the consummation of any transaction (including any merger or consolidation) the result of which is that a person, other than a Permitted Holder, becomes the direct or indirect beneficial owner of the Owners or the Owners’ Shareholder, |
and for the purposes of this definition:
(i) “control” means (A) the power (whether by way of ownership of shares, proxy, contract, agency or otherwise) to (1) cast or control the casting of, more than 35% of the maximum number of votes that might be cast at a general meeting of the Owners’ Shareholder, (2) appoint or remove all or the majority of the directors or equivalent officers of the Owners’ Shareholder, (3) give directions with respect to the operating and financial policies of the Owners’ Shareholder with which the directors or equivalent officers of the Owners’ Shareholder are obliged to comply with; and (B) the holding beneficially of more than 35% of the issued share capital of the Owners’ Shareholder (excluding any part of that issued share capital that carries no right to participate beyond a specified amount in distribution of either profits or capital); and
(ii) “acting in concert” means a group of persons who, pursuant to an agreement or understanding (whether formal or informal), actively co-operate, through the acquisition directly or indirectly of shares in the Owners’ Shareholder by any of them, either directly or indirectly, to obtain or consolidate control of the Owners’ Shareholder;
(iii) “Owners’ Shareholder” means Okeanis Eco Tankers Corp., of the Xxxxxxxx Islands;
(iv) “Permitted Holder” means Xx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx and/or Xx Xxxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx and, in each case, their extended family and any parallel vehicle thereof, any alternative investment vehicle thereof, and any affiliate thereof.
“Crew” means the personnel of the numbers, rank and nationality specified in Annex “B” hereto. | 7 |
“Crew Insurances” means insurance of liabilities in respect of crew risks which shall include but not be limited | 8 |
to death, permanent disability, sickness, injury, repatriation, shipwreck unemployment indemnity and loss | 9 |
of personal effects (see Sub-clause 5(b) (Crew Insurances) and Clause 7 (Insurance Arrangements) and | 10 |
Clause 10 (Insurance Policies) and Boxes 10 and 11). | 11 |
“Crew Support Costs” means all expenses of a general nature which are not particularly referable to any | 12 |
individual vessel for the time being managed by the Managers and which are incurred by the Managers for the | 13 |
purpose of providing an efficient and economic management service and, without prejudice to the generality | 14 |
of the foregoing, shall include the cost of crew standby pay, training schemes for officers and ratings, cadet | 15 |
training schemes, sick pay, study pay, recruitment and interviews. | 16 |
“Flag State” means the State whose flag the Vessel is flying. | 17 |
“ISM Code” means the International Management Code for the Safe Operation of Ships and for Pollution | 18 |
Prevention and any amendment thereto or substitution therefor. | 19 |
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“ISPS Code” means the International Code for the Security of Ships and Port Facilities and the relevant | 20 |
amendments to Chapter XI of SOLAS and any amendment thereto or substitution therefor. | 21 |
“Managers” means the party identified in Box 4. | 22 |
“Management Services” means the services specified in SECTION 2 - Services (Clauses 4 through 7) as | 23 |
indicated affirmatively in Boxes 6 through 8, 10 and 11, and all other functions performed by the Managers | 24 |
under the terms of this Agreement. | 25 |
“Owners” means the party identified in Box 3. | 26 |
“Severance Costs” means the costs which are legally required to be paid to the Crew as a result of the early | 27 |
termination of any contracts for service on the Vessel. | 28 |
“SMS” means the Safety Management System (as defined by the ISM Code). | 29 |
“STCW 95” means the International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping | 30 |
for Seafarers, 1978, as amended in 1995 and any amendment thereto or substitution therefor. | 31 |
“Vessel” means the vessel or vessels details of which are set out in Annex “A” attached hereto. | 32 |
2. Commencement and Appointment | 33 |
With effect from the date stated in Box 2 for the commencement of the Management Services and continuing | 34 |
unless and until terminated as provided herein, the Owners hereby appoint the Managers and the Managers | 35 |
xxxxxx agree to act as the Managers of the Vessel in respect of the Management Services. | 36 |
3. Authority of the Managers | 37 |
Subject to the terms and conditions herein provided, during the period of this Agreement the Managers shall | 38 |
carry out the Management Services in respect of the Vessel as agents for and on behalf of the Owners. The | 39 |
Managers shall have authority to take such actions as they may from time to time in their absolute discretion | 40 |
consider to be necessary to enable them to perform the Management Services in accordance with sound | 41 |
ship management practice, including but not limited to compliance with all relevant rules and regulations. | 42 |
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SECTION 2 – Services
4. Technical Management | 43 |
(only applicable if agreed according to Box 6). | 44 |
The Managers shall provide technical management which includes, but is not limited to, the following | 45 |
services: | 46 |
(a) ensuring that the Vessel complies with the requirements of the law of the Flag State; | 47 |
(b) ensuring compliance with the ISM Code; | 48 |
(c) ensuring compliance with the ISPS Code; | 49 |
(d) providing competent personnel to supervise the maintenance and general efficiency of the Vessel; | 50 |
(e) arranging and supervising dry dockings, repairs, alterations and the maintenance of the Vessel to the | 51 |
standards agreed with the Owners provided that the Managers shall be entitled to incur the necessary | 52 |
expenditure to ensure that the Vessel will comply with all requirements and recommendations of the | 53 |
classification society, and with the law of the Flag State and of the places where the Vessel is required to | 54 |
trade; | 55 |
(f) arranging the supply of necessary stores, spares and lubricating oil; | 56 |
(g) appointing surveyors and technical consultants as the Managers may consider from time to time to be | 57 |
necessary; | 58 |
(h) in accordance with the Owners’ instructions, supervising the sale and physical delivery of the Vessel | 59 |
under the sale agreement. However services under this Sub-clause 4(h) shall not include negotiation of the | 60 |
sale agreement or transfer of ownership of the Vessel; | 61 |
(i) arranging for the supply of provisions unless provided by the Owners; and | 62 |
(j) arranging for the sampling and testing of bunkers. | 63 |
5. Crew Management and Crew Insurances | 64 |
(a) Crew Management | 65 |
(only applicable if agreed according to Box 7) | 66 |
The Managers shall provide suitably qualified Crew who shall comply with the requirements of STCW 95. | 67 |
The provision of such crew management services includes, but is not limited to, the following services: | 68 |
(i) selecting, engaging and providing for the administration of the Crew, including, as applicable, payroll | 69 |
arrangements, pension arrangements, tax, social security contributions and other mandatory dues related | 70 |
to their employment payable in each Crew member’s country of domicile; | 71 |
(ii) ensuring that the applicable requirements of the law of the Flag State in respect of rank, qualification | 72 |
and certification of the Crew and employment regulations, such as Crew’s tax and social insurance, are | 73 |
satisfied; | 74 |
(iii) ensuring that all Crew have passed a medical examination with a qualified doctor certifying that they are | 75 |
fit for the duties for which they are engaged and are in possession of valid medical certificates issued in | 76 |
accordance with appropriate Flag State requirements or such higher standard of medical examination | 77 |
as may be agreed with the Owners. In the absence of applicable Flag State requirements the medical | 78 |
certificate shall be valid at the time when the respective Crew member arrives on board the Vessel and | 79 |
shall be maintained for the duration of the service on board the Vessel; | 80 |
(iv) ensuring that the Crew shall have a common working language and a command of the English language | 81 |
of a sufficient standard to enable them to perform their duties safely; | 82 |
(v) arranging transportation of the Crew, including repatriation; | 83 |
(vi) training of the Crew; | 84 |
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(vii) conducting union negotiations; and | 85 |
(viii) if the Managers are the Company, ensuring that the Crew, on joining the Vessel, are given proper | 86 |
familiarisation with their duties in relation to the Vessel’s SMS and that instructions which are essential | 87 |
to the SMS are identified, documented and given to the Crew prior to sailing. | 88 |
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(b) Crew Insurances | 101 |
(only applicable if Sub-clause 5(a) applies and if agreed according to Box 10) | 102 |
The Managers shall throughout the period of this Agreement provide the following services: | 103 |
(i) arranging Crew Insurances in accordance with the best practice of prudent managers of vessels of a | 104 |
similar type to the Vessel, with sound and reputable insurance companies, underwriters or associations. | 105 |
Insurances for any other persons proceeding to sea onboard the Vessel may be separately agreed by | 106 |
the Owners and the Managers (see Box 10); | 107 |
(ii) ensuring that the Owners are aware of the terms, conditions, exceptions and limits of liability of the | 108 |
insurances in Sub-clause 5(b)(i); | 109 |
(iii) ensuring that all premiums or calls in respect of the insurances in Sub -clause 5(b)(i) are paid by their | 110 |
due date; | 111 |
(iv) if obtainable at no additional cost, ensuring that insurances in Sub -clause 5(b)(i) name the Owners as | 112 |
a joint assured with full cover and, unless otherwise agreed, on terms such that Owners shall be under | 113 |
no liability in respect of premiums or calls arising in connection with such insurances. | 114 |
(v) providing written evidence, to the reasonable satisfaction of the Owners, of the Managers’ compliance with | 115 |
their obligations under Sub-clauses 5(b)(ii), and 5(b)(iii) within a reasonable time of the commencement | 116 |
of this Agreement, and of each renewal date and, if specifically requested, of each payment date o f the | 117 |
insurances in Sub-clause 5(b)(i). | 118 |
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7. Insurance Arrangements | 138 |
(only applicable if agreed according to Box 11). | 139 |
The Managers shall arrange insurances in accordance with Clause 10 (Insurance Policies), on such terms as | 140 |
the Owners shall have instructed or agreed, in particular regarding conditions, insured values, deductibles, | 141 |
franchises and limits of liability. The Managers shall attribute to the Owners any costs or benefits on the Insurances that relate solely to the Vessel (not including, for the avoidance of doubt, any costs or benefits arising from any fleet wide insurance cover of the Managers which shall remain for the Managers’ account). | 142 |
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SECTION 3 – Obligations
8. Managers’ Obligations | 143 |
(a) The Managers undertake to use their best endeavours to provide the Management Services as agents | 144 |
for and on behalf of the Owners in accordance with sound ship management practice and to protect and | 145 |
promote the interests of the Owners in all matters relating to the provision of services hereunder. | 146 |
Provided however, that in the performance of their management responsibilities under this Agreement, the | 147 |
Managers shall be entitled to have regard to their overall responsibility in relation to all vessels as may from | 148 |
time to time be entrusted to their management and in particular, but without prejudice to the generality of | 149 |
the foregoing, the Managers shall be entitled to allocate available supplies, manpower and services in such | 150 |
manner as in the prevailing circumstances the Managers in their absolute discretion consider to be fair and | 151 |
reasonable. | 152 |
(b) Where the Managers are providing technical management services in accordance with Clause 4 (Technical | 153 |
Management), they shall procure that the requirements of the Flag State are satisfied and they shall agree | 154 |
to be appointed as the Company, assuming the responsibility for the operation of the Vessel and taking over | 155 |
the duties and responsibilities imposed by the ISM Code and the ISPS Code, if applicable. | 156 |
9. Owners’ Obligations
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157 |
(a) The Owners shall pay all sums due to the Managers punctually in accordance with the terms of this | 158 |
Agreement. In the event of payment after the due date of any outstanding sums the Manager shall be entitled | 159 |
to charge interest at the rate stated in Box 13. | 160 |
(b) Where the Managers are providing technical management services in accordance with Clause 4 (Technical | 161 |
Management), the Owners shall: | 162 |
(i) report (or where the Owners are not the registered owners of the Vessel procure that the registered | 163 |
owners report) to the Flag State administration the details of the Managers as the Company as required | 164 |
to comply with the ISM and ISPS Codes; | 165 |
(ii) procure that any officers and ratings supplied by them or on their behalf comply with the requirements | 166 |
of STCW 95; and | 167 |
(iii) instruct such officers and ratings to obey all reasonable orders of the Managers (in their capacity as the | 168 |
Company) in connection with the operation of the Managers’ safety management system. | 169 |
(d) Where the Managers are providing crew management services in accordance with Sub -clause 5(a) the | 181 |
Owners shall: | 182 |
(i) inform the Managers prior to ordering the Vessel to any excluded or additional premium area under | 183 |
any of the Owners’ Insurances by reason of war risks and/or piracy or like perils and pay whatever | 184 |
additional costs may properly be incurred by the Managers as a consequence of such orders including, | 185 |
if necessary, the costs of replacing any member of the Crew. Any delays resulting from negotiation | 186 |
with or replacement of any member of the Crew as a result of the Vessel being ordered to such an area | 187 |
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shall be for the Owners’ account. Should the Vessel be within an area which becomes an excluded or | 188 |
additional premium area the above provisions relating to cost and delay shall apply; | 189 |
(ii) agree with the Managers prior to any change of flag of the Vessel and pay whatever additional costs | 190 |
may properly be incurred by the Managers as a consequence of such change. If agreement cannot be | 191 |
reached then either party may terminate this Agreement in accordance with Sub-clause 22(e); and | 192 |
(iii) provide, at no cost to the Managers, in accordance with the requirements of the law of the Flag State, | 193 |
or higher standard, as mutually agreed, adequate Crew accommodation and living standards. | 194 |
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SECTION 4 – Insurance, Budgets, Income, Expenses and Fees
10. Insurance Policies | 198 |
The Owners shall procure, whether by instructing the Managers under Clause 7 (Insurance Arrangements) | 199 |
or otherwise, that throughout the period of this Agreement: | 200 |
(a) at the Owners’ expense, the Vessel is insured for not less than its sound market value or entered for its | 201 |
full gross tonnage, as the case may be for: | 202 |
(i) hull and machinery marine risks (including but not limited to crew negligence) and excess liabilities; | 203 |
(ii) protection and indemnity risks (including but not limited to pollution risks, diversion expenses and, | 204 |
except to the extent insured separately by the Managers in accordance with Sub -clause 5(b)(i), Crew | 205 |
Insurances; | 206 |
NOTE: If the Managers are not providing crew management services under Sub -clause 5(a) (Crew | 207 |
Management) or have agreed not to provide Crew Insurances separately in accordance with Sub -clause | 208 |
5(b)(i), then such insurances must be included in the protection and indemnity risks cover for the Vesse l (see | 209 |
Sub-clause 10(a)(ii) above). | 210 |
(iii) war risks (including but not limited to blocking and trapping, protection and indemnity, terrorism and crew | 211 |
risks); and | 212 |
(iv) such optional insurances as may be agreed (such as piracy, kidnap and xxxxxx, loss of hire and | 213 |
FD & D) (see Box 12) | 214 |
Sub-clauses 10(a)(i) through 10(a)(iv) all in accordance with the best practice of prudent owners of vessels | 215 |
of a similar type to the Vessel, with sound and reputable insurance companies, underwriters or associations | 216 |
(“the Owners’ Insurances”); | 217 |
(b) all premiums and calls on the Owners’ Insurances are paid by their due date; | 218 |
(c) the Owners’ Insurances name the Managers and, subject to underwriters’ agreement, any third party | 219 |
designated by the Managers as a joint assured, with full cover. It is understood that in some cases, such as | 220 |
protection and indemnity, the normal terms for such cover may impose on the Managers and any such third | 221 |
party a liability in respect of premiums or calls arising in connection with the Owners’ Insurances. | 222 |
If obtainable at no additional cost, however, the Owners shall procure such insurances on terms such that | 223 |
neither the Managers nor any such third party s hall be under any liability in respect of premiums or calls arising | 224 |
in connection with the Owners’ Insurances. In any event, on termination of this Agreement in accordance | 225 |
with Clause 21 (Duration of the Agreement) and Clause 22 (Termination), the Owners shall procure that the | 226 |
Managers and any third party designated by the Managers as joint assured shall cease to be joint assured | 227 |
and, if reasonably achievable, that they shall be released from any and all liability for premiums and calls | 228 |
that may arise in relation to the period of this Agreement; and | 229 |
(d) written evidence is provided, to the reasonable satisfaction of the Managers, of the Owners’ compliance | 230 |
with their obligations under this Clause 10 within a reasonable time of the commencement of the Agreement, | 231 |
and of each renewal date and, if specifically requested, of each payment date of the Owners’ Insurances. | 232 |
11. Income Collected and Expenses Paid on Behalf of Owners | 233 |
(a) Except as provided in Sub-clause 11(c) all monies collected by the Managers under the terms of this | 234 |
Agreement (other than monies payable by the Owners to the Managers) and any interest thereon shall be | 235 |
held to the credit of the Owners in a separate bank account. | 236 |
(b) All expenses incurred by the Managers under the terms of this Agreement on behalf of the Owners | 237 |
(including expenses as provided in Clause 12(c)) may be debited against the Owners in the account referred to | 238 |
under Sub-clause 11(a) but shall in any event remain payable by the Owners to the Managers on demand. | 239 |
12. Management Fee and Expenses | 242 |
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(a) The Owners shall pay to the Managers an annual management fee as stated in Box 14 for their services | 243 |
as Managers under this Agreement, which shall be payable in equal monthly instalments in advance, the first | 244 |
instalment (pro rata if appropriate) being payable on the commencement of this Agreement (see Clause 2 | 245 |
(Commencement and Appointment) and Box 2) and subsequent instalments being payable at the beginning | 246 |
of every calendar month. The management fee shall be payable to the Managers’ nominated account stated | 247 |
in Box 15. | 248 |
(b)
The management fee shall be subject to an annual review by the Owners and the Managers. If so required by the Managers, Managers
may increase the management fee in line with the relevant annual inflation rates (as published by the Hellenic Statistical Authority
for that year). Any further increase requested by the Managers shall be discussed between the parties in good faith. |
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(c) The Managers shall, at no extra cost to the Owners, provide their own office accommodation, office staff, | 251 |
facilities and stationery. Without limiting the generality of this Clause 12 (Management Fee and Expenses) the | 252 |
Owners shall reimburse the Managers for postage and communication expenses, travelling expenses, and | 253 |
other out of pocket expenses properly incurred by the Managers in pursuance of the Management Services. | 254 |
Any days used by the Managers’ personnel travelling to or from or attending on the Vessel or otherwise used | 255 |
in connection with the Management Services in excess of those agreed in the budget shall be charged at | 256 |
the daily rate stated in Box 16. | 257 |
(d) If the Owners decide to layup the Vessel and such layup lasts for more than the number of months | 258 |
stated in Box 17, an appropriate reduction of the Management Fee for the period exceeding such period | 259 |
until one month before the Vessel is again put into service shall be mutually agreed between the parties. If | 260 |
the Managers are providing crew management services in accordance with Sub-clause 5(a), consequential | 261 |
costs of reduction and reinstatement of the Crew shall be for the Owners’ account. If agreement cannot be | 262 |
reached then either party may terminate this Agreement in accordance with Sub -clause 22(e). | 263 |
(e) Save as otherwise provided in this Agreement, all discounts and commissions obtained by the Managers | 264 |
in the course of the performance of the Management Services shall be credited to the Owners. | 265 |
13. Budgets and Management of Funds | 266 |
(a) The Managers’ initial budget is set out in Annex “C” hereto. Subsequent budgets shall be for twelve | 267 |
month periods and shall be prepared by the Managers and presented to the Owners not less than three | 268 |
months before the end of the budget year. | 269 |
(c) Following the agreement of the budget, the Managers shall prepare and present to the Owners their | 274 |
estimate of the working capital requirement for the Vessel and shall each month request the Owners in writing | 275 |
to pay the funds required to run the Vessel for the ensuing month, including the payment of any occasional or | 276 |
extraordinary item of expenditure, such as emergency repair costs, additional insurance premiums, bunkers | 277 |
or provisions. Such funds shall be received by the Managers within ten running days after the receipt by the | 278 |
Owners of the Managers’ written request and shall be held to the credit of the Owners in a separate bank | 279 |
account. | 280 |
(d) The Managers shall at all times maintain and keep true and correct accounts in respect of the Management | 281 |
Services in accordance with the relevant International Financial Reporting Standards or such other standard | 282 |
as the parties may agree, including records of all costs and expenditure incurred, and produce a comparison | 283 |
between budgeted and actual income and expenditure of the Vessel in such form and at such intervals as | 284 |
shall be mutually agreed. | 285 |
The Managers shall make such accounts available for inspection and auditing by the Owners and/or their | 286 |
representatives in the Managers’ offices or by electronic means, provided reasonable notice is given by the | 287 |
Owners. The Managers shall, on the reasonable request of the Owners, provide any financial information relating to the performance of the Management Services (including any audit information) to the extent such disclosure is permissible. | 288 |
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(e) Notwithstanding anything contained herein, the Managers shall in no circumstances be required to use | 289 |
or commit their own funds to finance the provision of the Management Services. | 290 |
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SECTION 5 – Legal, General and Duration of Agreement
14. Trading Restrictions | 291 |
If the Managers are providing crew management services in accordance with Sub -clause 5(a) (Crew | 292 |
Management), the Owners and the Managers will, prior to the commencement of this Agreement, agree on any | 293 |
trading restrictions to the Vessel that may result from the terms and conditions of the Crew’s employment. | 294 |
15. Replacement | 295 |
16. Managers’ Right to Sub-Contract | 301 |
The Managers shall not subcontract any of their obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of | 302 |
the Owners which shall not be unreasonably withheld. In the event of such a sub -contract the Managers | 303 |
shall remain fully liable for the due performance of their obligations under this Agreement. | 304 |
17. Responsibilities | 305 |
(a) | Force Majeure | 306 |
Neither party shall be liable for any loss, damage or delaydue to any of the following force majeure events | 307 |
and/or conditions to the extent that the party invoking force majeure is prevented or hindered from | 308 |
performing anyor all of their obligations under this Agreement, provided they have made all | 309 |
reasonable efforts to avoid, minimize or prevent the effect of such events and/or conditions: | 310 |
(i) | acts of God; | 311 |
(ii) | any Government requisition, control, intervention, requirement or interference; | 312 |
(iii) | any circumstances arising out of war, threatened act of war or warlike operations, acts of terrorism, | 313 |
sabotage or piracy, or the consequences thereof; | 314 |
(iv) | riots, civil commotion, blockades or embargoes; | 315 |
(v) | epidemics; | 316 |
(vi) | earthquakes, landslides, floods or other extraordinary weather conditions; | 317 |
(vii) | strikes, lockouts or other industrial action, unless limited to the employees (which shall not include the | 318 |
Crew) of the party seeking to invoke force majeure; | 319 |
(viii) | fire, accident, explosion except where caused by negligence of the party seeking to invoke force majeure; | 320 |
and | 321 |
(ix) | any other similar cause beyond the reasonable control of either party. | 322 |
(b) | Liability to Owners | 323 |
(i) | Without prejudice to Sub-clause 17(a), the Managers shall be under no liability whatsoever to the Owners | 324 |
for any loss, damage, delayor expense of whatsoever nature, whether direct or indirect, (including but | 325 |
not limited to loss of profit arising out of or in connection with detention of or delay to the Vessel) and | 326 |
howsoever arising in the
course of performance of the Management Services. |
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(ii) | Acts or omissions of the Crew - Notwithstanding anything that may appear to the contrary in this | 335 |
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Agreement, the Managers shall not be liable for any acts or omissions of the Crew, even if such acts | 336 |
or omissions are negligent, grossly negligent or willful, except only to the extent that they are shown to | 337 |
have resulted from a failure by the Managers to discharge their obligations under Clause 5(a) (Crew | 338 |
Management), in which case their liability shall be limited in accordance with the terms of this Clause | 339 |
17 (Responsibilities). | 340 |
(c) | Indemnity | 341 |
Except to the extent and solely for the amount therein set out that the Managers would be liable under | 342 |
Sub-clause 17(b), the Owners hereby undertake to keep the Managers and their employees, | 343 |
agents and sub-contractors indemnified and to hold them harmless against all actions, proceedings, claims, | 344 |
demands or liabilities whatsoever or howsoever arising which maybe brought against them or incurred or | 345 |
suffered by them arising out of or in connection with the performance of this Agreement, and against and in | 346 |
respect of all costs, loss, damages and expenses (including legal costs and expenses on a full indemnity | 347 |
basis) which the Managers may suffer or incur (either directly or indirectly) in the course of the performance | 348 |
of this Agreement. | 349 |
(d) | “Himalaya” | 350 |
It is hereby expressly agreed that no employee or agent of the Managers (including every | 351 |
sub-contractor from time to time employed by the Managers) shall in any circumstances whatsoever be | 352 |
under any liability whatsoever to the Owners for any loss, damage or delay of whatsoever kind arising or | 353 |
resulting directly or indirectly from any act, neglect or default on his part while acting in the course of or in | 354 |
connection with his employment and, without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing provisions in this | 355 |
Clause 17 (Responsibilities), every exemption, limitation, condition and liberty herein contained and every | 356 |
right, exemption from liability, defense and immunity of whatsoever nature applicable to the Managers or to | 357 |
which the Managers are entitled hereunder shall also be available and shall extend to protect every such | 358 |
employee or agent of the Managers acting as aforesaid and for the purpose of all the foregoing provisions | 359 |
of this Clause 17 (Responsibilities) the Managers are or shall be deemed to be acting as agent or trustee | 360 |
on behalf of and for the benefit of all persons who are or might be their servants or agents from time to time | 361 |
(including sub-contractors as aforesaid) and all such persons shall to this extent be or be deemed to be | 362 |
parties to this Agreement. | 363 |
18. General Administration | 364 |
(a) | The Managers shall keep the Owners and, if appropriate, the Company informed in a timely manner of | 365 |
any incident of which the Managers become aware which gives or may give rise to delay to the Vessel or | 366 |
claims or disputes involving third parties . | 367 |
(b) | The Managers shall handle and settle all claims and disputes arising out of the Management Services | 368 |
hereunder, unless the Owners instruct the Managers otherwise. The Managers shall keep the Owners | 369 |
appropriately informed in a timely manner throughout the handling of such claims and disputes. | 370 |
(c) | The Owners may request the Managers to bring or defend other actions, suits or proceedings related | 371 |
to the Management Services, on terms to be agreed. | 372 |
(d) | The Managers shall have power to obtain appropriate legal or technical or other outside expert advice in | 373 |
relation to the handling and settlement of claims in relation to Sub -clauses 18(a) and 18(b) and disputes and | 374 |
any other matters affecting the interests of the Owners in respect of the Vessel, unless the Owners instruct | 375 |
the Managers otherwise. | 376 |
(e) | On giving reasonable notice, the Owners may request, and the Managers shall in a timely manner make | 377 |
available, all documentation, information and records in respect of the matters covered by this Agreement | 378 |
either related to mandatory rules or regulations or other obligations applying to the Owners in respect of | 379 |
the Vessel (including but not limited to STCW 95, the ISM Code and ISPS Code) to the extent permitted by | 380 |
relevant legislation. | 381 |
On giving reasonable notice, the Managers may request, and the Owners shall in a timely manner make | 382 |
available, all documentation, information and records reasonably required by the Managers to enable them | 383 |
to perform the Management Services. | 384 |
(f) | The Owners shall arrange for the provision of any necessary guarantee bond or other security. | 385 |
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(g) | Any costs incurred by the Managers in carrying out their obligations according to this Clause 18 (General | 386 |
Administration) shall be reimbursed by the Owners. | 387 |
19. Inspection of Vessel | 388 |
The Owners may at any time after giving reasonable notice to the Managers inspect the Vessel for any reason | 389 |
they consider necessary. | 390 |
20. Compliance with Laws and Regulations | 391 |
The parties will not do or permit to be done anything which might cause any breach or infringement of the | 392 |
laws and regulations of the Flag State, or of the places where the Vessel trades. | 393 |
21. Duration of the Agreement | 394 |
(a) | This Agreement shall come into effect at the date stated in Box 2 and shall continue until terminated by | 395 |
either party by giving notice to the other; in which event this Agreement shall terminate upon the expiration | 396 |
of the period of thirty six (36) months from the date on which | 397 |
such notice is received, unless terminated earlier in acco rdance with Clause 22 (Termination). | 398 |
(b) | Where the Vessel is not at a mutually convenient port or place on the expiry of such period, this Agreement | 399 |
shall terminate on the subsequent arrival of the Vessel at the next mutually convenient port or place but without prejudice to the Owners’ obligation to pay the management fee under Clause 22(g) for the entirety of the period set out in Box 19. | 400 |
22. Termination | 401 |
(a) | Owners’ or Managers’ default | 402 |
If either party fails to meet their obligations under this Agreement, the other party may give notice to the | 403 |
party in default requiring them to remedy it. In the event that the party in default fails to remedy it within a | 404 |
reasonable time to the reasonable satisfaction of the other party, that party shall be entitled to terminate this | 405 |
Agreement with immediate effect by giving notice to the party in default. | 406 |
(b) | Notwithstanding Sub-clause 22(a): | 407 |
(i) | The Managers shall be entitled to terminate the Agreement with immediate effect by giving notice to the | 408 |
Owners if any monies payable by the Owners and/or the owners of any associated vessel, details of | 409 |
which are listed in Annex “D”, shall not have been received in the Managers’ nominated account within | 410 |
ten days (10) of receipt by the Owners of the Managers’ written request, or if the Vessel is repossessed by | 411 |
the Mortgagee(s). | 412 |
(ii) | If the Owners proceed with the employment of or continue to employ the Vessel in the carriage of | 413 |
contraband, blockade running, or in an unlawful trade, or on a voyage which in the reasonable opinion | 414 |
of the Managers is unduly hazardous or improper, the Managers may give notice of the default to the | 415 |
Owners, requiring them to remedy it as soon as practically possible. In the event that the Owners fail to | 416 |
remedy it within a reasonable time to the satisfaction of the Managers, the Managers shall be entitled | 417 |
to terminate the Agreement with immediate effect by notice. | 418 |
(iii) | If either party fails to meet their respective obligations under Sub -clause 5(b) (Crew Insurances) and | 419 |
Clause 10 (Insurance Policies), the other party may give notice to the party in default requiring them to | 420 |
remedy it within ten (10) days, failing which the other party may terminate this Agreement with immediate | 421 |
effect by giving notice to the party in default. | 422 |
(c) | Extraordinary Termination | 423 |
(i) This Agreement shall be deemed to be terminated in the case of the sale of the Vessel or, if the Vessel | 424 |
becomes a total loss or is declared as a constructive or compromised or arranged total loss or is requisitioned | 425 |
or has been declared missing or, if bareboat chartered, unless otherwise agreed, when the bareboat charter | 426 |
comes to an end. |
(ii) The Managers shall be entitled to terminate this Agreement by a thirty (30) day written notice to the Owners in the event that there is a Change of Control without the Managers’ prior written consent (such consent being granted, conditioned or withheld in the Managers’ sole and unfettered discretion). | 427 |
(d) | For the purpose of Sub-clause 22(c) hereof: | 428 |
(i) | the date upon which the Vessel is to be treated as having been sold or otherwise disposed of shall be | 429 |
the date on which the Vessel’s owners cease to be the registered owners of the Vessel; | 430 |
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(ii) | the Vessel shall be deemed to be lost either when it has become an actual total loss or agreement has | 431 |
been reached with the Vessel’s underwriters in respect of its constructive total loss or if such agreement | 432 |
with the Vessel’s underwriters is not reached it is adjudged by a competent tribunal that a constructive | 433 |
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loss of the Vessel has occurred; and | 434 |
(iii) the date upon which the Vessel is to be treated as declared missing shall be ten (10) days after the Vessel | 435 |
was last reported or when the Vessel is recorded as missing by the Vessel’s underwriters, whichever | 436 |
occurs first. A missing vessel shall be deemed lost in accordance with the provisions of Sub -clause 22(d) | 437 |
(ii). | 438 |
(e) In the event the parties fail to agree the annual budget in accordance with Sub -clause 13(b), or to agree | 439 |
a change of flag in accordance with Sub-clause 9(d)(ii), or to agree to a reduction in the Management Fee in | 440 |
accordance with Sub-clause 12(d), either party may terminate this Agreement by giving the other party not | 441 |
less than one month’s notice, the result of which will be the expiry of the Agreement at the end of the current | 442 |
budget period or on expiry of the notice period, whichever is the later. | 443 |
(f) This Agreement shall terminate forthwith in the event of an order being made or resolution passed | 444 |
for the winding up, dissolution, liquidation or bankruptcy of either party (otherwise than for the purpose of | 445 |
reconstruction or amalgamation) or if a receiver or administrator is appointed, or if it suspends payment, | 446 |
ceases to carry on business or makes any special arrangement or composition with its creditors. | 447 |
(g) In the event of the termination of this Agreement for any reason other than default by the Managers the | 448 |
management fee payable to the Managers according to the provisions of Clause 12 (Management Fee and | 449 |
Expenses), shall continue to be payable for a further period of the number of months stated in Box 19 as | 450 |
from the effective date of termination, or (if applicable) from the earlier date on which notice was given under Clause 21(a), and the Owners shall, if the Managers so request, pay such management fee in one lump sum within three Banking Days from the effective date of termination. | 451 |
(h) In addition, where the Managers provide Crew for the Vessel in accordance with Clause 5(a) (Crew | 452 |
Management): | 453 |
(i) the Owners shall continue to pay Crew Support Costs during the said further period of the number of | 454 |
months stated in Box 19; and | 455 |
(ii) the Owners shall pay an equitable proportion of any Severance Costs which maybe incurred, not | 456 |
exceeding the amount stated in Box 20. The Managers shall use their reasonable endeavours to minimise | 457 |
such Severance Costs. | 458 |
(i) On the termination, for whatever reason, of this Agreement, the Managers shall release to the Owners, | 459 |
if so requested, the originals where possible, or otherwise certified copies, of all accounts and all documents | 460 |
specifically relating to the Vessel and its operation. | 461 |
(j) The termination of this Agreement shall be without prejudice to all rights accrued due between the parties | 462 |
prior to the date of termination. | 463 |
23. BIMCO Dispute Resolution Clause | 464 |
(a) This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with English law and any dispute | 465 |
arising out of or in connection with this Agreement shall be referred to arbitration in London in accordance with | 466 |
the Arbitration Act 1996 or any statutory modification or re -enactment thereof save to the extent necessary | 467 |
to give effect to the provisions of this Clause. | 468 |
The arbitration shall be conducted in accordance with the London Maritime Arbitrators Association (LMAA) | 469 |
Terms current at the time when the arbitration proceedings are commenced. | 470 |
The reference shall be to three arbitrators. A party wishing to refer a dispute to arbitration shall appoint its | 471 |
arbitrator and send notice of such appointment in writing to the other party requiring the other party to appoint | 472 |
its own arbitrator within 14 calendar days of that notice and stating that it will appoint its arbitrator as sole | 473 |
arbitrator unless the other party appoints its own arbitrator and gives notice that it has done so within the | 474 |
14 days specified. If the other party does not appoint its own arbitrator and give notice that it has done so | 475 |
within the 14 days specified, the party referring a dispute to arbitration may, without the requirement of any | 476 |
further prior notice to the other party, appoint its arbitrator as sole arbitrator and shall advise the other party | 477 |
accordingly. The award of a sole arbitrator shall be binding on both parties as if he had been appointed by | 478 |
agreement. | 479 |
Nothing herein shall prevent the parties agreeing in writing to vary these provisions to provide for the | 480 |
appointment of a sole arbitrator. | 481 |
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In cases where neither the claim nor any counterclaim exceeds the sum of USD50,000 (or such other sum | 482 |
as the parties may agree) the arbitration shall be conducted in accordance with the LMAA Small Claims | 483 |
Procedure current at the time when the arbitration proceedings are commenced. | 484 |
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(e) If Box 21 in Part I is not appropriately filled in, Sub-clause 23(a) of this Clause shall apply. | 525 |
Note: Sub-clauses 23(a), 23(b) and 23(c) are alternatives; indicate alternative agreed in Box 21. Sub-clause | 526 |
23(d) shall apply in all cases. | 527 |
24. Notices | 528 |
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(a) All notices given by either party or their agents to the other party or their agents in accordance with the | 529 |
provisions of this Agreement shall be in writing and shall, unless specifically provided in this Agreement to | 530 |
the contrary, be sent to the address for that other party as set out in Boxes 22 and 23 or as appropriate or | 531 |
to such other address as the other party may designate in writing. | 532 |
A notice may be sent by registered or recorded mail, facsimile, electronically or delivered by hand in accordance | 533 |
with this Sub-clause 24(a). | 534 |
(b) Any notice given under this Agreement shall take effect on receipt by the other party and shall be deemed | 535 |
to have been received: | 536 |
(i) if posted, on the seventh (7th) day after posting; | 537 |
(ii) if sent by facsimile or electronically, on the day of transmission; and | 538 |
(iii) if delivered by hand, on the day of delivery. | 539 |
And in each case proof of posting, handing in or transmission shall be proof that notice has been given, | 540 |
unless proven to the contrary. | 541 |
25. Entire Agreement | 542 |
This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties and no promise, undertaking, | 543 |
representation, warranty or statement by either party prior to the date stated in Box 2 shall affect this | 544 |
Agreement. Any modification of this Agreement shall not be of any effect unless in writing signed byor on | 545 |
behalf of the parties. | 546 |
26. Third Party Rights | 547 |
Except to the extent provided in Sub-clauses 17(c) (Indemnity) and 17(d) (Himalaya), no third parties may | 548 |
enforce any term of this Agreement. | 549 |
27. Partial Validity | 550 |
If any provision of this Agreement is or becomes or is held by any arbitrator or other competent body to be | 551 |
illegal, invalid or unenforceable in any respect under any law or jurisdiction, the provision shall be deemed | 552 |
to be amended to the extent necessary to avoid such illegality, invalidity or unenforceability, or, if such | 553 |
amendment is not possible, the provision shall be deemed to be deleted from this Agreement to the extent | 554 |
of such illegality, invalidity or unenforceability, and the remaining provisions shall continue in full force and | 555 |
effect and shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby. | 556 |
28. Interpretation | 557 |
In this Agreement: | 558 |
(a) Singular/Plural | 559 |
The singular includes the plural and vice versa as the context admits or requires. | 560 |
(b) Headings | 561 |
The index and headings to the clauses and appendices to this Agreement are for convenience only and shall not affect | 562 |
its construction or interpretation. | 563 |
(c) Day | 564 |
“Day” means a calendar day unless expressly stated to the contrary. | 565 |
29. Previous management agreements | |
This Agreement shall constitute the agreement of the Owners and the Managers for the Management Services relating to the Vessel and shall supersede any previous management agreements relating thereto. |
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