The Stewart Group

CONDITIONS OF USE

Use

Access to and use of this website is subject to the following terms and conditions which you are deemed to have accepted by accessing this website. If you do not wish to accept the terms and conditions you should action this by leaving the site immediately.

Corporate Information

The Stewart Group Limited
254a Union Street
Aberdeen
AB10 1TN

In these Conditions of Use, the word ‘We’ (and its variables) means the Stewart Group and ‘You’ means the viewer or user of this website.

English Law

The Conditions of Use shall be governed by and construed in accordance with English Law and any disputes arising in relation thereto will be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English Courts. If any of the provisions of the Conditions of Use shall be unlawful, void or for any purpose unenforceable the particular provision shall be deemed severable and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of the remaining provisions or conditions.

Access to the Site

For legal reasons the contents of this website are not intended for or directed to persons resident outside of the United Kingdom. Unless otherwise specified, the information and services available in this website are available only to UK residents (including England, Scotland and Wales and excluding the Isle of Man). We make no representation that any of the information or services referred to or featured on this website is appropriate for use, or available in other countries and jurisdictions. The information and other materials contained in this website may not satisfy the laws of any other country. Non UK residents who choose to access this website are responsible for compliance with local laws if and to the extent local laws are applicable.

Use of the Website

This website provides the following facilities:

• A service detailing market trends and vessel requirements.

• Access to a database providing technical details and availability on over 500 supportvessels operating world-wide.

• Access to interactive services between charterers and shipowners.

• Details of towage and salvage services.

• Links to third party websites providing market information, including shipping forecastand tidal information.

When accessing and making use of any part of this website you must not:

• Exploit by way of distribution, reproduction and/or transmission any information or anyother such material contained in this site for commercial purposes without our priorwritten consent

• Post or transmit any information or software that may contain a virus, worm, trojan horseor any other such similar harmful component

• Alter, tamper or interfere with the functioning of the website or use by others of thewebsite

• Transmit any unlawful, obscene, harmful, threatening, defamatory, or libelous material of any kind

Content and Information

Nothing on this website should be construed as a solicitation or offer. The information,services, systems, features, functions and data offered in this website constitute information only and should under no circumstances be construed interpreted or relied upon as legal, accounting, tax, financial or investment advice or advice on specific facts or matters. We accept no liability for the use or misuse of the information provided. This website contains material and information submitted and created by third parties. Weexclude all liability for any illegality arising from such material or information, or for anyerror, omission or inaccuracy in such material or information.

Disclaimer

Whilst we have taken all reasonable steps to ensure that the information contained within the pages of this website is accurate, current and complies with the relevant legislation and regulations as at the date of issue, no warranty is given and no representation is made regarding the accuracy of or completeness of such information. Consequently, we accept no liability for any losses or damages (whether direct, indirect, special, consequential or otherwise) arising out of errors or omissions contained in this website.

You acknowledge that in connection with this website, information will be transmitted over local exchange and Internet backbone carrier lines and through routers, switches and other devices owned, maintained and serviced by third party local exchange and long distance carriers, utilities, Internet service providers and others, all of which are beyond the control and jurisdiction of The Stewart Group. Accordingly, no warranty is given that this website shall be available on an uninterrupted basis and no liability can be accepted in respect of losses or damages arising out of such unavailability or inability to use this website or any of its functions or features, including in connection with any browsing or downloading of information, data, text, images or graphics. In addition, no liability can be accepted in respect of losses or damages arising out of changes made to the content of this site by unauthorised third parties.

You acknowledge that you are solely responsible for the use to which you put this website and all the results and information you obtain from it and that all warranties, conditions, undertakings, representations and terms whether expressed or implied, statutory or otherwise are hereby excluded to the fullest extent permitted by law.

Email and any files attached to it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you are not the intended recipient and received this email in error, please do not read, copy, use, disclose, distribute or print this communication and contact us immediately and delete the message and any attachments accompanying it.

Neither the Stewart Group nor the sender shall in any circumstances be liable for any loss or damage of whatsoever nature and howsoever arising out of or in connection with the receipt or contents of this email and any files attached to it (whether or not due to negligence).

Neither the Stewart Group nor the sender accepts any responsibility for any loss or damage caused by any viruses or other potential destructive software. The recipient/s is assumed to have full responsibility for the protection and integrity of their computer system and are advised to carry out their own virus checks.

Links to other Sites

We do provide links, including hypertext links, to other external sites (including those welink to within an advertisement banner or otherwise) as a service to visitors to our site.

Access to any other website linked to this website is at your own risk and we are notresponsible for the accuracy or reliability of any information, data, opinions, advice orstatements made on those websites. Links are provided for convenience and the inclusion of any such links does not constitute a referral, endorsement, approval, or advertising in respect of such website its contents or any of the products and/or services offered by such. We have no control or responsibility in respect of the content of materials viewable from third party websites or actions of the individuals connected with those sites.

Linked websites may have their own Conditions of Use and Privacy Policy relevant to that particular website. It is important that you read any such Conditions of Use and Privacy Policy before entering the same.

No person or website may make a link to our website or any part of it without our expresswritten consent.

Alterations

We reserve the right at any time without notice to revise the contents of this websiteincluding these conditions. Your continuing use of this website following any changes,alterations or amendments made to these conditions will signify that you agree to be bound by the revised conditions.

Use of Your Information

You agree to the use of any personal data that we may hold on you in accordance with the terms of the Privacy Policy. A copy of the Privacy Policy is accessible at any time byviewing this document (below).

Copyright Statement

All copyright and other intellectual property rights in any material contained in this website, including (but not limited to) content, text, features, functions, layout, graphics, photographs and other images are owned by the Stewart Group or has been licensed to the Stewart Group by the copyright’s owners so that we may use the material to form part of this website.

Copying of part or all of the contents of these pages in any form is strictly prohibited except in accordance with the following exceptions: -

Licence to copy for personal use - You may print extracts from these pages for yourpersonal use only and not for any commercial use or gain.

Licence to recopy for limited purposes - You may recopy extracts from these pages toindividual third parties for their personal use only but only if you acknowledge our website as the source of the material. You must include such acknowledgement and our website as the source of the material, and you must inform such third parties that these Conditions of Use shall apply to them and that they must comply with them.

Such acknowledgment must contain the following copyrighted notice:

“Copyright © 2002 The Stewart Group Limited. All Rights Reserved”.

This licence to recopy does not permit incorporation of the material or any part of it in anyother work or publication whether in hard copy, electronic or any other form, in particular(but without limitation) no part of our website pages may be distributed or copied for anycommercial purpose. No part of this website may be reproduced on or transmitted to or stored in any other website or other form of electronic retrieval system unless express written consent in this respect has been given to you by The Stewart Group.

No part of this website including, but not limited to, literary content, graphics and logos may be modified in any way.

Databases

The Stewart Group are the owners of all electronic databases comprising digital forms of text, graphics, sound or video material displayed on this website.

You are not permitted to reproduce, adapt, translate, arrange or make available to any third party, either directly or indirectly, any part of the databases or their contents except as expressly permitted by any mandatory provisions of law. You may not extract or re-utilise the contents of any such databases for any commercial purpose including, but not limited to trading, building commercial databases, reselling or distributing of data.

Trademarks

We are the owners of The Stewart Group name, various trademarks, company logos’, titles, brand and product names. All other trademarks included on this website belong to us or have been licenced to us by the trade mark owners for use on this website. You are not permitted to copy trademarks, company logos, titles, brand or product names and such use may constitute an infringement of the holders rights unless written consent has been obtained from us or the relevant trademark owner.

Submissions

Unless otherwise provided by law and subject to our Privacy Policy, all submissions ortransmissions containing feedback, remarks, suggestions, ideas, graphics, data, know-how or questions communicated to us through this website or through electronic mail will become our property. We will not be liable for the use of any such material submitted or transmitted to us including but not limited to its use through reproduction, distribution, advertising and publication. You acknowledge that you are responsible for whatever material you submit, and you will have full responsibility for the message, including its legality, reliability, appropriateness, originality and copyright.

Transfer of Website

Notwithstanding anything else that has been agreed or represented in these Conditions of Use, Privacy Policy or otherwise, if the www.stewartgroup.co.uk website is transferred to another provider we may transfer to the new provider any information which we have obtained from you in connection with www.stewartgroup.co.uk.

IP Addresses

When you visit our website certain information will be logged automatically so that theserver can recognise your IP address (the unique address which identifies your computer on the internet). IP addresses are used to administer, monitor and analyse the website and may be used to collect general demographic information. Individual users are not identified and the IP addresses are not linked to personal information relating to you.

Cookies

The Stewart Group site may place a text file called a “cookie” in the browser files of yourcomputer. Cookies are pieces of information that a website transfers to an individual’s hard disk for record keeping purposes. This website uses cookies during your online session to confirm that access to our website is authorised and to control certain parameters of your communication session with our website. Sponsors and advertisers as well as other linked websites may also use cookies if you select their advertisement or link; the Stewart Group is unable to control their use of cookies or how they manage the information they gather.

Force Majeure

We shall not be liable to you for any breach of conditions of use or any failure to provide or delay in providing our services through our website resulting from any event orcircumstances beyond our reasonable control including, without limitation, strikes, lockouts and other industrial disputes, breakdown of systems or network access, fire, explosion, act of terrorism, accident, insurrection and war.

Indemnification

You agree to defend, indemnify and hold the Stewart Group, its officers, directors,employees, agents, licensors and suppliers, harmless from and against any and all claims, actions or demands, liabilities and settlements including without limitation, reasonable legal and accounting fees resulting from, or alleged to result from your breach of these Terms and Conditions or your unauthorised or unlawful use of this website or its contents.

Access Restriction

We reserve the right, using our sole discretion to terminate/restrict your access to this website at any time and without notice.

PRIVACY POLICY

Privacy Statement

By submitting any information about yourself or others within this website, you and theyconsent to its use as set out in this Privacy Policy.

The Internet is not a secure medium. However The Stewart Group respect the privacy ofevery individual visiting our website. This policy explains generally what security measures we have put in place to protect your information and how we use the information we collect about you. However, before you provide any information to us, you should read the Privacy Policy.

The Information we collect and how we use it

Within this website we may ask you to provide us with relevant personal information in order that we can provide you with (including but not limited to) the following:

• the ability to use functions or features on this website

• a response to any query or feedback submitted by you

• specific information requested by you

• information with regard to products or services offered which may interest you

The personal information supplied by you will be treated in confidence by us and will not be disclosed to any third parties except where your consent has been received or wherepermitted by law. The personal information is used by us to communicate with you.

How we protect your information

Firewalls are used to block unauthorised traffic to the servers and the actual servers arelocked in a secure location, which can only be accessed by authorised personnel. We capture your personal information over a secure link using recognised industry standard Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology which encrypts the data whilst passing it over the web.

Your consent

By submitting any information about yourself or others within this website, you and theyconsent to its use as set out in this Privacy Policy. If we change our Privacy Policy, we will post the changes on this page and may place notices on other pages of the website, so that you may be aware of the information we collect and how we use it at all times. Continued use of the service will signify that you agree to such changes.

The Internet is a global medium and your information may therefore be transferred outside the European Economic area en route. By submitting your information, you consent to any such transfer.

If you have any questions about this privacy policy, the practices of this website or your
interaction with this website please contact:

The Stewart Group Limited

254a Union Street
Aberdeen
AB10 1TN