Effective	31MAR2025
Filed	31MAR2025
Filing Codes	I

 
1. DEFINITIONS
 
"Carrier" means the Company stated on the front of the
Bill of Lading as being the Carrier and on whose behalf
this Bill of Lading has been signed.
 
"Merchant" includes the shipper, the consignee, the
receiver of the Goods the holder of this Bill of Lading,
any person owning or entitled to the possession of the
Goods of this Bill of Lading, any person having a
present or future interest in the Goods or any person
acting on behalf of any of the above mentioned persons.
 
"Goods" includes the cargo supplied by the Merchant and
includes any Container not supplied by or on behalf of
the Carrier.
 
"Container" includes any container, trailer,
transportable tank, lift van, flat, pallet or any
similar article of transport used to consolidate goods.
 
"Carriage" means the whole of the operations and
services undertaken or performed by or on behalf of the
Carrier in respect of the Goods.
 
"Combined Transport" arises where the Carriage covered
by this Bill of Lading is not a Port to Port Shipment.
 
"Port to Port Shipment" arises where the Place of
Receipt and the Place of Delivery are not indicated on
the front of this Bill of Lading or if both the Place of
Receipt and the Place of Delivery indicated are ports
and the Bill of Lading does not in the nomination of the
Place of Receipt or the Place of Delivery on the front
hereof specific place within the area of the ports so
nominated.
 
"Hague Rules" means the provisions of the International
Convention for Unification of certain Rules relating to
Bills of Lading signed at Brussels on 25th August 1924.
 
"Hague-Visby Rules" means the Hague Rules as amended by
the Protocol signed at Brussels on 23rd February 1968.
 
"COGSA" means the Carriage of Goods by Sea Act of the
United States of America approved on 16th April 1936.
 
"COGWA" means the Hague-Visby Rules as enacted in Canada
by the Marine Liability Act, 2001, S.C., c.6.
 
"Charges" includes freight and all expenses and money
obligations incurred and payable by the Merchant.
 
"Shipping Unit" includes freight unit and the term
"unit" as used in the Hague Rules and Hague-Visby Rules.
 
"Person" includes an individual, a partnership, a body
corporate or other entity.
 
"Stuffed" includes filled, consolidated, packed, loaded
or secured.
 
2. CARRIER'S TARIFF
 
The provisions of the Carrier's applicable Tariff, if
any, are incorporated herein. Copies of such provisions
can be obtained from the Carrier or his agents upon
request or, where applicable, from a government body
with whom the Tariff has been filed. In the case of
inconsistency between this Bill of Lading and the
applicable Tariff, this Bill of Lading shall prevail.
 
3. WARRANTY
 
The Merchant warrants that in agreeing to the terms
hereof he is or is the agent of and has the authority
 
of the person owning or entitled to the possession of
the Goods or any person who has a present or future
interest in the Goods.
 
4. NEGOTIABILITY AND TITLE TO THE GOODS
 
(1)This Bill of Lading shall be non-negotiable unless
made out "to order" in which event it shall be
negotiable and shall constitute title to the Goods and
the holder shall be entitled to receive or to transfer
the Goods herein described.
 
(2)This Bill of Lading shall be prima facie evidence of
the taking in charge by the Carrier of the Goods as
herein described. However, proof to the contrary shall
not be admissible when this Bill of Lading has been
negotiated or transferred for valuable consideration to
a third party acting in good faith.
 
5. CERTAIN RIGHTS AND IMMUNITIES FOR THE CARRIER AND
OTHER
PERSONS.
 
(1)The Carrier shall be entitled to sub-contract on the
Merchant's behalf on any terms the whole or any part of
the Carriage. (2) Any sub-contractor, person or vessel
whatsoever, their agents or servants shall have the
benefit of all provisions herein benefiting the Carrier
as if such provisions were expressly for his benefit. In
entering into this contract the Carrier does so not only
on his own behalf but also as agent or trustee for such
sub-contractors, persons, vessels, their agents and
servants such that they may claim the benefits from this
contract. (3)The Merchant shall defend, indemnify and
hold harmless the Carrier against any claim or liability
(and any expense arising therefrom) arising from the
Carriage of Goods insofar as such claim or liability
exceeds the Carrier's liability under this Bill of
Lading. (4)The defences and limits of liability provided
for in this Bill of Lading shall apply in any action
against the Carrier whether the action is based in
contract or in Tort.
 
6. CARRIER'S RESPONSIBILITY
(1) CLAUSE PARAMOUNT
 
(A)Subject to clause 13 below, this Bill of Lading
insofar as it relates to sea carriage by any vessel
whether named herein or not shall have effect subject to
the Hague Rules or any legislation making such Rules or
the Hague-Visby Rules compulsorily applicable (such as
COGSA or COGWA) to this Bill of Lading and the
provisions of the Hague Rules or applicable legislation
shall be deemed incorporated herein. The Hague Rules (or
COGSA or COGWA if this Bill of Lading is subject to US
or Canadian law respectively) shall apply to the
carriage of Goods by inland waterways and reference to
carriage by sea in such Rules or legislation shall be
deemed to include reference to inland waterways. If and
to the extent that the provisions of the Harter Act of
the United States of America 1893 would otherwise be
compulsorily applicable to regulate the Carrier's
responsibility for the Goods during any period prior to
loading on or after discharge from the vessel the
Carrier's responsibility shall instead be determined by
the provisions of 6(3) below, but if such provisions are
found to be invalid such responsibility shall be subject
to COGSA.
 
(B)The Carrier shall be entitled to (and nothing in this
Bill of Lading shall operate to deprive or limit such
entitlement) the full benefit of, and rights to, all
limitations and exclusions of liability and all rights
conferred or authorised by any applicable law, statute
or regulation of any country.
 
(2) PORT TO PORT SHIPMENT
 
The responsibility of the Carrier is limited to that
part of the Carriage from and during loading onto the
vessel up to and during discharge from the vessel and
the Carrier shall not be liable for any loss or damage
whatsoever in respect of the Goods or for any other
matter arising during any other part of the Carriage
even though Charges for the whole Carriage have been
charged by the Carrier. The Merchant constitutes the
Carrier as agent to enter into contracts on behalf of
the Merchant with others for transport, storage,
handling or any other services in respect of the Goods
prior to loading and subsequent to discharge of the
Goods from the vessel without responsibility for any act
or omission whatsoever on the part of the Carrier or
others and the Carrier may as such agent enter into
contracts with others on any terms whatsoever including
terms less favourable than the terms in this Bill of
Lading.
 
(3) COMBINED TRANSPORT
 
Subject to and save as is otherwise provided in this
Bill of Lading, the Carrier may found be liable in case
of combined transport for loss of or damage to the Goods
occurring form the time that the Goods are taken into
his charge until the time of delivery to the extent set
out below:
 
(A) Where the stage of Carriage where the loss or damage
occurred cannot be proved:
 
(i) The Carrier shall be entitled to rely upon all
exclusions of liability under the Rules or legislation
that would have applied under 6(1)(A) above had the loss
or damage occurred at sea or, if there was no carriage
by sea, under the Hague Rules (or COGSA or COGWA if this
Bill of Lading is subject to US or Canadian law
respectively).
 
(ii) Where under (i) above, the Carrier is not liable in
respect of some of the factors causing the loss or
damage, he shall only be liable to the extent that those
factors for which he is liable have contributed to the
loss or damage.
 
(iii) Subject to 6(4)(c) below, where the Hague Rules or
any legislation applying such Rules or the Hague-Visby
Rules (such as COGSA or COGWA) is not compulsorily
applicable, the Carrier's liability shall not exceed
CDN$2.00 per kilo of the gross weight of the Goods lost,
damaged or in respect of which the claim arises or the
value of such Goods, whichever is the lesser.
 
(iv) The value of the Goods shall be determined
according to the commodity exchange price at the place
and time of delivery to the Merchant or at the place and
time when they should have been so delivered or if there
is no such price according to the current market price
by reference to the normal value of Goods of the same
kind and quality, at such place and time.
 
(B)Where the stage of Carriage where the loss or damage
occurred can be proved:
 
(i) the liability of the Carrier shall be determined by
the provisions contained in any international convention
or national law of the country which provisions:
 
BILL OF LADING TERMS AND CONDITIONS
 
(a) cannot be departed from by private contract to the
detriment of the Merchant, and (b) would have applied if
the Merchant had made a separate and direct contract
with the Carrier in respect of the particular stage of
Carriage where the loss or damage occurred and had
received as evidence thereof any particular document
which must be issued in order to make such international
convention or national law applicable;
 
(ii) with respect to the transportation in the United
States of America or in Canada to the Port of Loading or
from the Port of Discharge, the responsibility of the
Carrier shall be to procure transportation by carriers
(one or more) and such transportation shall be subject
to the inland carriers' contracts of carriage and
tariffs and any law compulsorily applicable. The Carrier
guarantees the fulfilment of such inland carriers'
obligations under their contracts and tariffs;
 
(iii)where neither (i) or (ii) above apply, any
liability of the Carrier shall be determined by 6(3)(A)
above.
 
(4) GENERAL PROVISIONS
 
(A) DELAY, CONSEQUENTIAL LOSS
 
Save as otherwise provided herein, the Carrier shall in
no circumstances be liable for any direct, indirect or
consequential loss or damage caused by delay howsoever
caused. Without prejudice to the foregoing, if the
Carrier is found liable for delay, liability shall be
limited to the freight applicable to the relevant stage
of the transport.
 
(B) PACKAGE OR SHIPPING UNIT LIMITATION
 
Where the Hague Rules or any legislation making such
Rules compulsorily applicable (such as COGSA) to this
Bill of Lading apply, the Carrier shall not, unless a
declared value has been noted in accordance with C)
below, be or become liable for any loss or damage to or
in connection with the Goods in an amount per package or
shipping unit in excess of the package or shipping unit
limitation as laid down by such Rules or legislation.
Such limitation amount according to COGSA is US$500. If
no limitation amount is applicable under such Rules or
legislation, the limitation shall be US$500.
 
(C) AD VALOREM: DECLARED VALUE OF PACKAGE OR SHIPPING
UNIT
 
The Carrier's liability may be increased to a higher
value by a declaration in writing of the value of the
Goods by the shipper upon delivery to the Carrier of the
Goods for shipment provided that such higher value has
been inserted on the front of this Bill of Lading in the
space provided and that extra freight has been agreed
and paid for such a higher value. In such case, if the
actual value of the Goods shall exceed such declared
value, the value shall nevertheless be deemed to be the
declared value and the Carrier's liability, if any,
shall not exceed the declared value and any partial loss
or damage shall be adjusted pro rata on the basis of
such declared value.
 
(D) DEFINITION OF PACKAGE OR SHIPPING UNIT
 
Where a Container is used to consolidate Goods and such
Container is stuffed by the Carrier, the number of
packages or shipping units stated on the face of this
Bill of Lading in the box provided shall be deemed the
number of packages or shipping units for the purpose of
any limit of liability per package or shipping unit
provided in any international convention or national law
relating to the carriage of Goods by sea. Except as
aforesaid the Container shall be considered the package
or shipping unit.
 
The words "shipping unit" shall mean each physical unit
or piece of cargo not shipped in a package, including
articles and things of any description whatsoever,
except Goods shipped in bulk, and irrespective of the
weight or measurement unit employed in calculating
freight charges. As to Goods shipped in bulk, the
limitation applicable thereto shall be the limitation
provided in such convention or law which may be
applicable, and in no event shall anything herein be
construed to be a waiver of limitation as to Goods
shipped in bulk.
 
(E) RUST, ETC.
 
It is agreed that superficial rust, oxidation or any
like condition due to moisture, is not a condition of
damage but is inherent to the nature of the Goods and
acknowledgement of receipt of the Goods in apparent good
order and condition is not a representation that such
conditions of rust, oxidation or the like did not exist
on receipt.
 
(F) NOTICE OF LOSS OR DAMAGE
 
The Carrier shall be deemed prima facie to have
delivered the Goods as described in this Bill of Lading
unless notice of loss of, or damage to, the Goods,
indicating the general nature of such loss or damage,
shall have been given in writing to the Carrier or to
his representative at the place of delivery before or at
the time of removal of the Goods into the custody of the
person entitled to delivery thereof under this Bill of
Lading or, if the loss or damage is not apparent, within
three consecutive days thereafter.
 
(G) TIME-BAR
 
The Carrier shall be discharged of all liability
whatsoever unless suit is brought in the proper forum
and written notice thereof received by the Carrier
within nine months after delivery of the Goods or the
date when the Goods should have been delivered. In the
event that such time period shall be found contrary to
any convention or law compulsorily applicable, the
period prescribed by such convention or law shall then
apply but in that circumstance only.
 
7. MERCHANT'S RESPONSIBILITY
 
(1)The description and particulars of the Goods set out
on the face hereof are furnished by the Merchant and the
Merchant warrants to the Carrier that the description
and particulars including, but not limited to, of
weight, contents, measure, quantity, quality, condition,
marks, numbers and value are correct.
 
(2)The Merchant shall comply with all applicable laws,
regulations, and requirements of customs, port and other
authorities and shall bear and pay all duties, taxes,
fines, expenses and losses levied, incurred or suffered
by reason thereof or by reason of any illegal, incorrect
or insufficient marking or numbering of the Goods.
 
(3)The Merchant undertakes that the Goods are packed in
a manner adequate to withstand the ordinary risks of
Carriage having regard to their nature and in compliance
with all laws, regulations and requirements which may be
applicable.
 
(4)No Goods which are or may become dangerous,
inflammable or damaging or which are or may become
liable to damage any property or person whatsoever shall
be tendered to the Carrier for Carriage without the
Carrier's express consent in writing and without the
Container or other covering in which the Goods are to be
transported and the Goods being distinctly marked on the
outside so as to indicate the nature and character of
any such articles and so as to comply with all
applicable laws, regulations and requirements. If any
such articles are delivered to the Carrier without such
written consent and marking or if in the opinion of the
Carrier the articles are or are liable to become of a
dangerous, inflammable or damaging nature, the same may
at any time be destroyed, disposed of, abandoned, or
rendered harmless without compensation to the Merchant
and without prejudice to the Carrier's right to Charge.
 
5) The Merchant shall be liable for the loss, damage,
contamination, soiling, detention or demurrage before,
during and after the Carriage of property (including,
but not limited to, Containers) of the Carrier or any
person or vessel (other than the Merchant) referred to
in 5(2) above caused by the Merchant or any person
acting on his behalf or for which the Merchant is
otherwise responsible.
 
(6)The Merchant shall defend, indemnify and hold
harmless the Carrier against any loss, damage, claim,
liability or expense whatsoever arising from any breach
of the provisions of this clause 7 or from any cause in
connection with the Goods for which the Carrier is not
responsible.
 
8. CONTAINERS
 
(1) Goods may be stuffed by the Carrier in or on
Containers and Goods may be stuffed with other Goods.
 
(2) The terms of this Bill of Lading shall govern the
responsibility of the Carrier in connection with or
arising out of the supply of a Container to the
Merchant, whether supplied before or after the Goods are
received by the Carrier or delivered to the Merchant.
(3) If a Container has been stuffed by or on behalf of
the Merchant.
(A)the Carrier shall not be liable for loss of or damage
to the Goods
 
(i)caused by the manner in which the Container has been
stuffed;
 
(ii)caused by the unsuitability of the Goods for
carriage in Containers;
 
(iii)caused by the unsuitability or defective condition
of the Container provided that where the Container has
been supplied by or on behalf of the Carrier, this
paragraph (iii) shall only apply if the unsuitability or
defective condition arose (a) without any want of due
diligence on the part of the Carrier or (b) would have
been apparent upon reasonable inspection by the Merchant
at or prior to the time when the Container was stuffed;
or
 
(iv) if the Container is not sealed at the commencement
of the Carriage except where the Carrier has agreed to
seal the Container. (B)the Merchant shall defend,
indemnify and hold harmless the Carrier against any
loss, damage, claim, liability or expense whatsoever
arising from one or more of the matters covered by (A)
above except for (A)(iii)(a) above.
 
(4)Where the Carrier is instructed to provide a
Container, in the absence of a written request to the
contrary, the Carrier is not under an obligation to
provide a Container of any particular type or quality.
 
9. TEMPERATURE CONTROLLED CARGO
 
 
(I)The Merchant undertakes not to tender for
transportation any Goods which require temperature
control without previously giving written notice and
filling in the box on the front of this Bill of Lading
of their nature and particular temperature range to be
maintained. In the case of a temperature controlled
Container stuffed by or on behalf of the Merchant, the
Merchant further undertakes that the Container has been
properly pre-cooled, that the Goods have been properly
stuffed in the Container and that its thermostatic
controls have been properly set by the Merchant before
receipt of the Goods by the Carrier.
 
If the above requirements are not complied with the
Carrier shall not be liable for any loss of or damage to
the Goods caused by such non-compliance.
 
(2)The Carrier shall not be liable for any loss of or
damage to the Goods arising from defects, derangement,
breakdown, stoppage of: the temperature controlling
machinery, plant, insulation or any apparatus of the
Container, provided that the Carrier shall before or at
the beginning of the Carriage exercise due diligence to
maintain the refrigerated Container in an efficient
state.
 
10. INSPECTION OF GOODS
 
The Carrier or any person authorised by Carrier shall be
entitled, but under no obligation, to open any Container
or package at any time and to inspect the Goods.
 
11. MATTERS AFFECTING PERFORMANCE
 
(1)If at any time the Carriage is or is likely to be
affected by any hindrance, risk, delay or difficulty of
any kind (including the condition of the Goods),
whensoever and howsoever arising (whether or not the
Carriage has commenced) the Carrier may:
 
(A) without notice to the Merchant abandon the Carriage
of the Goods and where reasonably possible place the
Goods or any part of them at the Merchant's disposal at
any place which the Carrier may deem safe and
convenient, whereupon the responsibility of the Carrier
in respect of such Goods shall cease;
 
(B) without prejudice to the Carrier's right
subsequently to abandon the Carriage under (A) above,
continue the Carriage.
 
In any event the Carrier shall be entitled to full
charges on Goods received for Carriage and the Merchant
shall pay any additional costs resulting from the above
mentioned circumstances.
 
(2)The liability of the Carrier in respect of the Goods
shall cease on the delivery or other disposition of the
Goods in accordance with the orders or recommendations
given by any government or authority or any person
acting or purporting to act as or on behalf of such
government or authority.
 
12. METHODS AND ROUTE OF TRANSPORTATION
 
(1) The Carrier may at any time and without notice to
the Merchant: uses any means of transport or storage
whatsoever; load or carry the Goods on any vessel
whether named on the front hereof or not; transfer the
Goods from one conveyance to another including
transshipping or carrying the same on another vessel
than that named on the front hereof or by any other
means of transport whatsoever; at any place unpack and
remove Goods which have been stuffed in or on a
Container and forward the same in any manner whatsoever;
proceed at any speed and by any route in his discretion
(whether or not the nearest or most direct or customary
or advertised route) and proceed to or stay at any place
whatsoever once or more often and in any order; load or
unload the Goods from any conveyance at any place
(whether or not the place is a port named on the front
hereof as the intended Port of Loading or intended Port
of Discharge); comply with any orders or recommendations
given by any government or authority or any person or
body acting or purporting to act as or on behalf of such
government or authority or having under the terms of the
insurance on the conveyance employed by the Carrier the
right to give orders or directions; permit the vessel to
proceed with or without pilots, to tow or be towed or to
be dry-docked; permit the vessel to carry livestock,
Goods of all kinds, dangerous, or otherwise, contraband,
explosives, munitions, or warlike stores and sail armed
or unarmed.
 
(2) The liberties set out in (1) above may be invoked by
the Carrier for any purposes whatsoever whether or not
connected with the Carriage of the Goods. Anything done
in accordance with
 
(1) above or any delay arising therefrom shall be deemed
to be within the contractual Carriage and shall not be a
deviation of whatsoever nature or degree.
 
13. DECK CARGO (AND LIVESTOCK)
 
(1) Goods of any description whether containerised or
not may be stowed on or under dock without notice to the
Merchant and such stowage shall not be a deviation of
whatsoever nature or degree. Subject to (2) below, such
Goods whether carried on deck or under deck shall
participate in General Average and such Goods (other
than livestock) shall be deemed to be within the
definition of Goods for the purposes of the Hague Rules
or any legislation making such Rules or the Hague-Visby
Rules compulsorily applicable (such as COGSA or COGWA)
to this Bill of Lading.
 
(2) Goods (not being Goods stuffed in or on Containers
other than open flats or pallets) which are stated on
the front of this Bill of Lading to be carried on deck
and which are so carried (and livestock, whether or not
carried on deck) are carried without responsibility on
the part of the Carrier for loss or damage of whatsoever
nature arising during carriage by sea or inland waterway
whether caused by unseaworthiness or negligence or any
other cause whatsoever. The Merchant shall defend,
indemnify and hold harmless the Carrier against all and
any extra cost incurred for any reason whatsoever in
connection with carriage of such livestock.
 
14. DELIVERY OF GOODS
 
If delivery of the Goods or any part thereof is not
taken by the Merchant at the time and place when and
where the Carrier is entitled to call upon the Merchant
to take delivery thereof, the Carrier shall be entitled
without notice to remove from a Container the Goods or
that part thereof if stuffed in or on a Container and to
store the Goods or that part thereof ashore, afloat, in
the open or under cover at the sole risk and expense of
the Merchant. Such storage shall constitute due delivery
hereunder, and thereupon the liability of the Carrier in
respect of the Goods or that part thereof shall cease.
 
15. BOTH-TO-BLAME COLLISION
 
If the vessel on which the Goods are carried (the
carrying vessel) comes into collision with any other
vessel or object (the non-carrying vessel or object) as
a result of the negligence of the non-carrying vessel or
object or the owner of, charterer of or person
responsible for the non-carrying vessel or object, the
Merchant undertakes to defend, indemnify and hold
harmless the Carrier against all claims by or liability
to (and any expense arising therefrom) any vessel or
person, in respect of any loss of, or damage to, or any
claim whatsoever of the Merchant paid or payable to the
Merchant by the non-carrying vessel or object or the
owner of, charterer of or person responsible for the
non-carrying vessel or object and set-off, recouped or
recovered by such vessel, object or person(s) against
the Carrier, the Carrier, the carrying vessel or her
owners or charterers.
 
16. GENERAL AVERAGE
 
(1)The Carrier may declare General Average which shall
be adjustable according to the York/Antwerp Rules of
1994 at any place at the option of the Carrier and the
Amended Jason Clause as approved by BIMCO is to be
considered as incorporated herein and the Merchant shall
provide such security as may be required by the Carrier
in this connection.
 
(2)Notwithstanding (1) above, the Merchant shall defend,
indemnify and hold harmless the Carrier in respect of
any claim (and any expense arising therefrom) of a
General Average nature which may be made on the Carrier
and shall provide such security as may be required by
the Carrier in this connection.
 
(3)The Carrier shall be under no obligation to take any
steps whatsoever to collect security for General Average
contributions due to the Merchant.
 
17. FREIGHT & CHARGES
 
(1) Freight and Charges shall be deemed fully earned on
receipt of the Goods by the Carrier and shall be paid
and non-returnable in any event whether the Goods and
Ships are thereafter lost or damaged.
 
(2) Freight and Charges are calculated on the basis of
particulars furnished by or on behalf of the Merchant.
The Carrier shall be entitled to request production of
the commercial invoice for the Goods or true copy
thereof and to inspect, reweigh, remeasure and revalue
the Goods. In the event that the particulars provided by
the Merchant are found to be incorrect, the Merchant
shall pay the Carrier the double amount of the correct
Charges (credit being given for the Charges charged) and
the costs incurred by the Carrier in establishing the
correct particulars.
 
(3) All Charges shall be paid without any set-off,
counter-claim, deduction or stay of execution.
 
18. LIEN
 
The Carrier shall have a lien on the Goods and on any
documents relating thereto for all Charges, damages and
sums whatsoever due at any time by the Merchant to the
Carrier with respect to the shipment of the Goods or
with respect to prior shipments for the Merchant or its
affiliates and the Carrier shall have a lien for General
Average contributions to whomsoever due and for the
costs of recovering the same. The Carrier shall have the
right to sell the Goods and documents by public auction
or private treaty without prior notice to the Merchant
and at the Merchant's expense and without any liability
towards the Merchant in order to recover any Charges,
damages or sums due by the Merchant under this contract
or any other contract or should it become apparent that
any such Charges, damages or sums will not be paid by
the Merchant when they become due whether this be caused
by insolvency or for any other reason whatsoever.
 
19. VARIATION OF THE CONTRACT
 
No servant or agent of the Carrier shall have power to
waive or vary any of the terms hereof unless such waiver
or variation is in writing and is specifically
authorised or ratified in writing by a director or
officer of the Carrier who has the actual authority of
the Carrier so to waive or vary.
 
20. PARTIAL INVALIDITY
 
If any provision in this Bill of Lading is held to be
invalid or unenforceable by any court or regulatory or
self regulatory agency or body, such invalidity or
unenforceability shall attach only to such provision.
The validity of the remaining provisions shall not be
affected thereby and this Bill of Lading contract shall
be carried out as if such invalid or unenforceable
provision were not contained herein.

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