船用燃油采购可能产生重大风险/索赔，而卖方条款中通常会包含固定的卖方责任限额（通常较低），对某些类型损失（例如时间或利润损失、间接或后果性损失）的除外责任，给买方设定较短的索赔时效，以及规定有利于卖方的证据、法律和管辖权条款。人们一直在努力制订标准燃油购买合同，其中波罗的海国际航运公会（BIMCO）于2015年发布了《BIMCO燃油购买条款》，并于2018年对该等条款进行了更新。相较于典型的卖方标准条款，这些合同通常更加平衡，船东、租家和燃油公司等各方代表都参与了起草过程。
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Bunker Supply Contracts – Key Considerations For The Buyer
Purchase of bunkers can generate significant risks/claims and sellers’ terms often incorporate fixed (often low) limits on sellers’ liability, exclusions for certain types of loss (e.g. loss of time, profit, indirect or consequential loss), short time bars for buyers’ claims, and evidential and law and jurisdiction clauses in sellers’ favour. There have been moves to try and work towards standard bunker purchase contracts with BIMCO introducing the BIMCO Bunker Purchase Terms in 2015 which were updated in 2018. These contracts are generally more balanced than typical sellers’ standard terms, and representatives from owners, charterers and bunker companies were all involved in the drafting process.
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