Terms of Use

Effective Date: April 1, 2023

GENERAL

Any use of the website castorships.com and its services by the visitor/user is subject to the full and unconditional agreement with the following terms which apply to all the contents in this website. Therefore, the visitor/user must read carefully these terms before using its services and, if he/she does not agree, he/she should not make use of such services and contents. Further use of the website’s services shall imply the explicit and unconditional acceptance of these terms. The visitor/user is requested to review from time to time the terms of use for any changes. The continued use of the castorships.com website following the posting of changes will be considered as unconditional acceptance of these terms by the visitor/user. If any user does not agree with these terms, then he/she should refrain from visiting this website.

1. GENERAL TERMS

castorships.com is an informational website created and operated by Castor Ships S.A. Castor Ships S.A. is a legally represented company, located in Leoforos Kymis & Seneka 10, Kifissia 14564, Greece (hereinafter the COMPANY), with the following contact details: email info@castorships.com, telephone (+210) 6257100.
The COMPANY reserves the right to modify or revise the content of the website including the terms and conditions of use and trade, whenever deemed necessary, and undertakes to inform visitors of any changes through the pages of this website. Any modifications, additions and deletions shall enter into force when posted on the website. The continued used of this website shall mean the explicit and unconditional acceptance of such modifications, additions and deletions.

2. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY – COPYRIGHT AND TRADEMARKS

All content of website, including all trade names, trademarks, logos, images, graphics, photographs, drawings, texts, software, settings etc. are the intellectual property of the COMPANY and are protected by the relevant provision of law where the Company exercises its main activities and international conventions and treaties. The same protection extends to any third party intellectual property for which the COMPANY has received license to use for its own needs and exclusively for the operation of the website. Any copying, transfer or creation of derivative works based on this content or misleading the public about the real provider of the website is prohibited. Any reproduction, storage, republication, uploading, posting, modification, resale, propagation or transmission or any other use of this content in any manner or means for commercial and/or other purposes is permitted only with the prior written consent of the COMPANY or any other copyright owner.

Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein and any applicable laws and regulations, the Company grants the user a non-transferable, personal, limited right to access and use the website and its contents. Therefore, users must refrain from any action intended to modify, reproduce, publication or use of the website and the information contained therein for any public and/or commercial purposes.

3. INFORMATION OFFERED

The COMPANY is responsible as to the accuracy, truth and completeness of the information listed in the website, regarding the identity and activities of the COMPANY. The company, in good faith, is not responsible and is not bound by electronic data entry made in error / mistake in the common experience and shall be entitled to correct these whenever it becomes aware of this.

4. DISCLAIMER

The Company shall take every possible and necessary measure to ensure the safe operation of this website. However, it does not guarantee under any circumstances that the content of the website will be provided free of viruses or other harmful components and shall not bear any such responsibility.

The Company reserves the right to suspend or interrupt access to the website for reasons or problems relating the host servers.

It shall not bear any liability for any civil or criminal claims or for any third party claims arising from the operation, use, replication or alteration of this website by unauthorised third parties in violation of the laws on the protection for intellectual, industrial property rights.

5. USER RESPONSIBILITY

The user agrees and undertakes to use this website as provided by the law and the moral ethics. The website and the services provided by the Company must be used exclusively for lawful purposes and in a manner restricting their use by third persons. Therefore, the user is obliged to refrain from acts or omissions that may cause damage or disrupt its services or restrict the use of the website by third persons.

By way of indication, the user hereby pledges to:
Not violate any article of legislation, provisions, regulations and the statutes;
Refrain from any publication and transmission of information which is libellous, defamatory or offensive both for the COMPANY and third persons; Refrain from publishing any content which is illegal, hostile, obscene, vulgar, may infringes the personality and privacy of any third person or is discriminatory in terms of race, sex, religion, nationality, physical disability, sexual orientation or age;
Refrain from any act which constitutes and infringement of trademarks, patents, trade secrets and intellectual and proprietary rights of the Company and third parties.

Any user who makes unlawful and contrary to moral ethics use of the services of the website, is liable for damages (direct and consequential). The Company reserves the right to claim compensation for any damage cause by the wrongful conduct of the user.

In case of a breach of the above terms by any user of the website, the Company reserves the right to exclude and disqualify any member from using our services, subject to all procedural reservations.

6. APPLICABLE LAW

These terms and conditions are governed and complemented by EU Law and the relevant international treaties. Any dispute arising from the application of these terms and conditions shall be settled by the competent courts of Greece.