To: The
owners as well as The Master of M/V ……….
Dear
Sirs,
Date:
Re: M.V.
"......."
Voyage:
C/P
Dated:
B/L No's:
Goods:
(insert exact quantity) MT
Description:
(insert description as it appears on the bills of lading)
WHEREAS
The
vessel is chartered to …………., by a C/P dated (Insert the date of the C/P)
AND
WHEREAS
The above
goods were loaded on board the M.V. ".........." at Port of .........
AND
WHEREAS
For our
own commercial purposes, we need and hereby request you, at our entire
risk and
responsibility to issue the relevant bills of lading for the subject
cargo
dated .......... regardless of the date of completion loading.
Now, in
consideration of your complying with our aforementioned request we
hereby
irrevocably agree as follows:
1- To
indemnify you your servants and agents and hold all of you harmless in
respect
of any liability loss or damage of whatsoever nature whether direct or
indirect
which you may sustain by reason of issuing the bills in accordance
with our
request and to hold you harmless in respect of any and all claims
which may
be brought against you your servants or agents under or which arise
out of
compliance with our request as aforesaid.
2- In the
event of any proceedings being commenced against you or any of your
servants
or agents in connection with and/or as a consequence of the issuance
of the
bills of lading in accordance with our above request, we undertake to
provide
you and/or them on demand with sufficient funds to defend the same.
3- If the
vessel or any other vessel asset or property belonging to you or in
the same
associated or beneficial ownership or management should be arrested or
detained
or if the arrest or detention thereof should be threatened we
undertake
to provide such bail or other security as may be required to prevent
such
arrest or detention or to secure the release of such vessel asset or
property
and to indemnify you in respect of any loss damage or expenses caused
by such
arrest or detention whether direct or indirect whether or not the same
may be
justified.
4- The
liability of each and every person under this indemnity shall be joint
and
several and shall not be conditional upon your proceeding first against any
person
whether or not such person is party to or liable under this indemnity
5- This
indemnity shall be construed in accordance with English law and each
and every
person liable under this indemnity shall at your request submit to
the
exclusive jurisdiction of the High Court of Justice in England
6- This
indemnity shall also be construed under English law and each and every
person
liable under this indemnity shall at your request submit to the High
Court of
Justice in England.
Yours
faithfully,
For and
on behalf of (CHRTRS)
