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BIMCO Publishes Infectious or Contagious Diseases Clause for Voyage and Time Charter Parties
The Ebola outbreak has highlighted the need for clearly-worded generic Voyage and Time Charter Party Clauses which would be applicable both to Ebola and to any other epidemic.
BIMCO has now produced a Special Circular discussing the issues raised and providing two suitable clauses https://www.bimco.org/~/media/Chartering/Special_Circulars/SC2015_03.ashx.