WEBSITE TERMS OF SERVICE

1. Intended Audience and Scope

The Site is primarily intended for organisations and professionals in the maritime, industrial and related sectors (for example, shipping companies, operators, insurers, shipyards and other corporate entities), but any member of the public may access the Site for lawful purposes.

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Accessing and using the Site does not create any client, advisory, or professional relationship between you (or your organisation) and Nijhof Consulting & Solutions.

2. Eligibility and Authority

By using the Site, you confirm that:

1. you have the legal capacity to enter into these Terms under the laws applicable to you; and

2. if you access the Site on behalf of a company or other organisation, you are authorised to accept these Terms on its behalf and to bind that organisation.

If you are under 18 and choose to contact us or submit information, you should do so with the knowledge and consent of your parent or guardian.

3. Acceptable Use of the Site

You agree to use the Site only in accordance with:

• these Terms; and

• all applicable laws and regulations in Singapore and in any jurisdiction from which you access the Site.

You must not:

1. use the Site for any unlawful, fraudulent, harmful or malicious purpose;

2. attempt to gain unauthorised access to the Site, our servers, systems or networks;

3. interfere with or disrupt the operation, security or integrity of the Site (including by introducing malware, bots, or automated scraping tools beyond what is reasonably necessary for standard browsing);

4. misuse any forms, contact tools or interactive features (for example, by sending spam, abusive content, or misleading information);

5. copy, scrape, reproduce, publish, or redistribute any content from the Site, except as expressly allowed under Section 5 (Intellectual Property and Permitted Use);

6. impersonate any person or organisation, or misrepresent your affiliation with any person or organisation in communications with us via the Site.

We may suspend or terminate your access to the Site at any time if we reasonably believe you have breached these Terms or that your use of the Site presents a security, legal or operational risk.

4. No Maritime Engineering, Legal or Compliance Advice

The Site is provided for general informational and marketing purposes only.

Unless we have a separate written agreement with you that expressly provides otherwise:

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• We do not provide maritime engineering advice through this Site.

• We do not provide legal advice, classification society advice, or regulatory/compliance advice (including under IMO, SOLAS, MARPOL, ISM, MARVS, flag state, port state, or class rules) through this Site.

• Nothing on this Site should be treated as a recommendation or instruction for how you design, operate, crew, maintain, or manage any vessel, asset, system or operation.

In simple terms:

We take great pride in our work, applying meticulous care and attention to detail, knowing that in this industry our reputation is everything. However, we are not your engineer, lawyer or compliance officer and you should not treat anything on this Site as professional advice.

You are solely responsible for obtaining independent professional advice from qualified engineers, lawyers, classification societies and other competent advisers before making any decision or taking any action that may affect:

• the safety, seaworthiness or performance of vessels and assets;

• compliance with any law, regulation, flag or port state requirement, or class requirement; or

• your company’s legal or regulatory risk.

You remain fully responsible for your own compliance with all applicable laws and requirements.

5. Intellectual Property and Permitted Use

All materials on the Site, including text, graphics, logos, images, page layouts, and any underlying software or code (collectively, the “Content”), are owned by or licensed to Nijhof Consulting & Solutions and are protected by copyright and other intellectual property laws.

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Subject to your compliance with these Terms, we grant you a limited, revocable, non-exclusive, non-transferable licence to access and view the Site and the Content solely for your personal or internal business purposes.

Except as expressly permitted by applicable law that cannot be overridden, you must not:

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• copy, reproduce, modify, adapt, translate, publish, publicly display, distribute, transmit, or create derivative works from any Content;

• remove, obscure or alter any copyright, trademark or other proprietary notices;

• use the Content for any commercial purpose other than evaluating our services or engaging with us as a potential or existing business partner; or

• use any data-mining, scraping, robots, or similar data-gathering and extraction tools on the Site, except for normal indexing by widely used public search engines.

If you want to use any Content beyond what is allowed above, you must obtain our prior written consent.

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Plainly: you may read and learn from our content, but you may not copy-and-paste or republish “our stuff” as your own.

6. User Content / Submissions

If you submit any information, message, file, or other material to us through the Site or via the contact details provided on the Site (collectively, “User Content”), you:

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1. Grant us a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free licence to use, store, reproduce and process that User Content to:

   • respond to your enquiries,

   • operate and improve our services, and

   • manage our relationship with you or your organisation; and

2. Confirm that:

   • the User Content is accurate to the best of your knowledge;

   • you have the right to provide the User Content to us; and

   • the User Content does not infringe the rights of any third party or contain any unlawful material.

Do not upload or send confidential or sensitive information via the Site unless we have specifically asked you to and you are comfortable doing so over the chosen channel.

7. Third-Party Websites and Services

The Site may contain links or references to third-party websites, services, or resources that are not operated or controlled by us.

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We:

• do not endorse or assume responsibility for the content, accuracy, security, or privacy practices of any third-party sites or services; and

• are not responsible for any loss or damage that may arise from your use of them.

If you follow a link to a third-party site, you do so at your own risk and should review the applicable terms of use and privacy policies for that site.

8. Privacy and Data Protection (PDPA – Singapore)

We may handle personal data (including business contact information of you and your colleagues) in connection with:

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• your use of the Site, and

• any enquiries or interactions with us.

We will process personal data in accordance with:

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• the Personal Data Protection Act 2012 (Singapore) and its regulations and advisory guidelines; and

• our Privacy Policy, which is incorporated into these Terms by reference.

You can find more detail on what data we collect (which is intentionally minimal via this Site), how we use it, and your rights in our Privacy Policy.

If you provide us with personal data of other individuals (for example, colleagues), you confirm that you are authorised to do so and that, where required, you have notified them and obtained their consent in accordance with applicable law, including the PDPA.

9. Disclaimer of Warranties

The Site and all Content are provided on an “as is” and “as available” basis.

To the fullest extent permitted under Singapore law, we disclaim all representations, warranties and conditions, whether express, implied or statutory, including but not limited to:

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• implied warranties of merchantability, satisfactory quality, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement;

• any warranty that the Site or Content is accurate, complete, up-to-date, reliable, or suitable for your particular purposes; and

• any warranty that the Site will be uninterrupted, secure, or free from errors, viruses or other harmful components.

Nothing on the Site is intended to create, and shall not be treated as creating, any duty of care or professional advisory relationship between you and Nijhof Consulting & Solutions.

Any reliance you place on information on the Site is at your own risk, and you should obtain independent professional advice where appropriate (see Section 4).

10. Limitation of Liability

To the maximum extent permitted by law, Nijhof Consulting & Solutions Pte Ltd and its directors, officers, employees and agents shall not be liable to you for:

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1. any indirect, consequential, incidental, special, punitive or exemplary loss or damage; or

2. any loss of profits, revenue, business, anticipated savings, data, or goodwill,

arising out of or in connection with your use of, or inability to use, the Site or any Content, even if we have been advised of the possibility of such loss or damage.

To the extent we may be legally liable to you and such liability cannot be excluded, our total aggregate liability arising out of or relating to your use of the Site shall be limited to SGD 1,000.

Nothing in these Terms is intended to:

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• exclude or limit any liability that cannot be excluded or limited under applicable Singapore law (including liability for death or personal injury caused by negligence, where such exclusion is prohibited by the Unfair Contract Terms Act); or 

• limit your statutory rights where such limitation is not permitted.

11. Indemnity

You agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless Nijhof Consulting & Solutions Pte Ltd and its officers, directors, employees and agents from and against any and all claims, demands, actions, losses, damages, liabilities, costs and expenses (including reasonable legal fees) arising out of or in connection with:

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1. your breach of these Terms;

2. your misuse of the Site or Content; or

3. your infringement of any rights of another person or organisation in connection with your use of the Site.

We may, at our own expense, assume the exclusive defence and control of any matter that is otherwise subject to indemnification by you, in which event you agree to cooperate with us in asserting any available defences.

12. Changes to the Site
      and Terms

We may:

• update or modify the Site (including adding, removing, or changing Content); and/or

• update these Terms from time to time.

When we update these Terms, we will revise the “Last Updated” date at the top of this page. Your continued use of the Site after any changes take effect constitutes your acceptance of the updated Terms.

If you do not agree with the updated Terms, you should stop using the Site.

13. Governing Law
     and Dispute Resolution

These Terms, and any non-contractual obligations arising out of or in connection with them, are governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Republic of Singapore.

Any dispute, controversy or claim arising out of or relating to these Terms or the Site (including any question regarding their existence, validity or termination) shall first be referred to mediation in Singapore, administered by the Singapore International Mediation Centre (SIMC) in accordance with its mediation rules for the time being in force. 

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• The parties agree to participate in such mediation in good faith.

• Each party will bear its own costs of the mediation, and the parties will share the mediator’s fees and SIMC’s administrative fees equally, unless otherwise agreed.

If the dispute is not resolved within a reasonable period after it has been referred to mediation, either party may refer the dispute to the courts of Singapore, which shall have non-exclusive jurisdiction.

14. Termination

We may suspend or terminate your access to the Site, or any part of it, at any time with or without notice if:

• we reasonably believe you have breached these Terms;

• we need to do so for security, technical, operational or legal reasons; or

• we cease operating the Site.

On termination, your right to use the Site will immediately cease. Provisions which by their nature should survive termination (including those relating to intellectual property, disclaimers, limitation of liability, indemnity, and governing law and dispute resolution) shall continue in full force and effect.

15. Contact

If you have any questions about these Terms or the Site, you can contact us at:

Nijhof Consulting & Solutions Pte Ltd
331 North Bridge Road #12-03 Odeon Towers
Singapore 188720

Email: crew@nijhofcs.com