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LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

ABS and its directors, officers, members, employees and agents, or any of them (hereinafter collectively "ABS") shall not be liable in contract, negligence or otherwise howsoever to any person in respect of any information or advice expressly or impliedly given in this website, or in respect of any inaccuracy herein or omission herefrom or in respect of any act or omission which has caused or contributed to this website being published with the information or advice it contains. ABS makes no representations about the suitability for any purpose of the information, graphics and other material published on this site. All such information, graphics and materials are provided WITH ALL FAULTS on an AS IS, AS AVAILABLE basis, and ABS expressly disclaims all warranties including the warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. The entire risk arising out of their use remains with the recipient. In no event shall ABS be liable for any direct, consequential, incidental, special, punitive or other damages whatsoever (including without limitation, damages for loss of business profits, business interruption, or loss of business information) in any way arising from the use of this website, even if ABS has been advised of the possibility of such damages.

DISCLAIMER

While ABS uses reasonable efforts to include accurate and up-to-date information on this Web site, ABS makes no warranties or representations as to its accuracy. ABS assumes no liability or responsibility for any typographical or other errors or omissions in the content on this site.

LEGAL NOTICE

This Web site may contain other proprietary notices and copyright information, the terms of which must be observed and followed. Information on this Web site may contain technical inaccuracies or typographical errors.

Information may be changed or updated without notice. ABS may also make improvements and/or changes in the products and/or the programs described in this information at any time without notice.

GOVERNING LAW

By accessing this website and the information contained therein, you agree with ABS that any claim you may have against ABS in contract, tort or otherwise in respect of any information or advice expressly or impliedly given on this website, or in respect of any inaccuracy herein or omission herefrom, shall be governed by the law of the State of New York, U.S.A., without regard to its conflicts of laws rules.

TRADEMARKS

,  ABS, ABS SafeShip, ABS SafeHull, and ABS SafeNet are registered trademarks of
the American Bureau of Shipping.

RULES AND GUIDES DOWNLOADS

The content of all original ABS Rules and Guides is the subject of intellectual property rights reserved by ABS. Except for the permission granted below, nothing contained herein shall be construed as conferring upon the user in any manner any license, title or ownership of or in any intellectual property right of ABS.

ABS hereby grants the user permission to download, copy and use, including posting to the user's Intranet site, the material posted in the electronic format. The user hereby agrees that any copy of the materials, in part or in whole, that the user makes shall retain all copyright and other proprietary notices contained therein and that the information will not be altered in any manner.

ABS makes every reasonable effort to ensure that the information provided in the posted electronic files represents complete, current and accurate information. However, the user has sole responsibility for maintaining the currency of the information accessed in this manner. ABS, its subsidiaries, affiliates, agents and employees shall not be liable for any loss or damage arising directly or indirectly from the possession, publication, use of or reliance on any information accessed in this manner.

Current ABS approved printed versions of all Rules and Guides are available from ABS. Current ABS approved electronic versions of all Rules and Guides are most effectively accessed by establishing a hyperlink of your local Intranet directly to the ABS Rules and Guides on the ABS web site.

The Terms and Conditions for use of HYPERLINKS to the ABS Internet Address

ABS encourages the use of HYPERLINKS to its Internet Site upon agreement to the following Terms and Conditions:

  1. Although ABS makes every reasonable effort to ensure that the information provided on the ABS Internet Site represents complete, current and accurate information, ABS makes no warranty as to the accuracy or completeness of such information;
  2. ABS, its subsidiaries, affiliates, agents and employees shall not be liable for any technical inaccuracies, transmission errors, typographical errors, or any other errors or omissions in the content of the ABS Internet Site;
  3. The contents of the ABS Internet site are the subject of intellectual property rights reserved by ABS. Except for the permission herein granted, nothing contained herein shall be construed as conferring on the user in any manner any license, title or ownership of or interest in any intellectual property right of ABS;
  4. ABS prohibits the modification of or tampering with any information contained on the ABS Internet Site without the written permission of ABS;
  5. ABS may change or update the information posted on the ABS Internet site at any time without notice;
  6. ABS may improve, update or otherwise change the products and designs described on the ABS Internet Site at any time without notice;
  7. ABS, its subsidiaries, affiliates, agents and employees make no representations about the suitability for any purpose of the information contained in the documents, graphics, and other materials published on the ABS Internet site;
  8. ABS publishes all documents, graphics, and other materials on its Internet site "as is" without warranty of any kind, including but not limited to implied, expressed or statutory warranties;
  9. ABS prohibits the use of the ABS logo directly on or closely associated with products in such a way as to imply that the products themselves are certified, authorized, recommended or in any way endorsed by ABS;

  10. ABS reserves the right to prohibit the use of logos which are unacceptable to ABS in close proximity or association with the ABS logo; and
  11. ABS, its subsidiaries, affiliates, agents and employees are in no way liable for any direct, consequential, incidental, special, punitive or other damages whatsoever, including, without limitation, damages for loss of business profits, loss of business information or business interruption in any way resulting from the use of the ABS Internet Site.

 

 



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