BARGEHIRE 2008 19 September 2016 BARGEHIRE is a bareboat charter party specifically designed for unmanned, non-self-propelled seagoing barges. It is a lease agreement whereby the charterer obtains possession and full control of the barge along with the legal and financial responsibility for it. The charterer generally pays for operating expenses such as maintenance and repairs but, unlike bareboat chartered ships, barges are often chartered with owner’s insurances made available to the charterer. Copyright in BARGEHIRE 2008 is held by BIMCO. Contract BARGEHIRE 2008 Bareboat charter Offshore SmartCon
Poor condition of returned barges triggers BARGEHIRE update 17 February 2020 Disagreements between owners and charterers over the cost of repairing damage to redelivered unmanned barges have prompted a review of BARGEHIRE 2008 to help reduce the risk of disputes. News story Contract Offshore Marine services Bareboat charter BARGEHIRE
BARGEHIRE 94 19 September 2016 The latest edition of this contract is BARGEHIRE 2008. Contract BARGEHIRE 94 Bareboat charter Offshore SmartCon
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Suspending performance under BARGEHIRE – a useful right for owners? 29 May 2020 Under a conventional cargo time charter party, the right to suspend performance for non-payment of hire provides owners with a powerful commercial tool to leverage late hire payments. However, based on industry feedback, applying the same sanction under BARGEHIRE is impractical. News story Contract Bareboat charter Offshore
