This guide is a valuable reference tool for anyone working in the offshore service sector looking for insight and guidance on BIMCO’s wide range of offshore contracts and charter parties.

This booklet includes a sample copy of the REPAIRCON and MINREPCON2018 contracts and the related explanatory notes. REPAIRCON is the standard contract for use in connection with major ship repairs, in a wet or dry dock, at a shipyard or in a similar facility. The explanatory notes provide some background information on the clauses of the BIMCO contracts.

This booklet includes a sample copy of the SHIPMAN 2009 contract and the related explanatory notes. The explanatory notes provide some background information on the clauses of the BIMCO contract.

This booklet includes a sample copy of the BARECON 2001 contract and the related explanatory notes. The explanatory notes provide background information on clauses of the BIMCO contract. Athough BIMCO updated BARECON in 2017, the 2001 version of BARECON is still used in shipping around the world.

This booklet contains a sample copy of the GENCON 1994 contract and the related explanatory notes in the latest version. The explanatory notes provide some background to the thinking behind the BIMCO contract.

This publication is designed to help understand Bills of Lading and the problems and practical issues common to their everyday use.