Conditions of Carriage for Passengers,
Their Luggage and Accompanied Vehicles.

1. Carrier
The Carrier and the contract of carriage evidenced by the ticket concerning these standard conditions of carriage is between Carrier and the passenger.

2. Applicable Law
The contract of carriage is governed by the provisions of either the Danish Maritime code, the Norwegian Maritime Code, the Dutch Maritime Code, the British Maritime Code, the Finnish Maritime Code, the Swedish Maritime Code or the Commercial Code of the Federal Republic of Germany, depending upon whichever is mandatorily applicable at the place of the competent court under these standard conditions of carriage. If none of these provisions of law is mandatorily applicable at the place of the competent court under these standard conditions of carriage, then provisions of law mandatorily applicable at such place upon carriage of passengers, their luggage and accompanied vehicles shall apply.

If no provisions of law are mandatorily applicable to carriage of passengers, their luggage and accompanied vehicles at the place of the competent court under these standard conditions or at the place of any other court granting jurisdiction, then the provisions of the Athens Convention relating to the Carriage of Passengers and their Luggage by Sea 1974 as amended by protocol 29.3.1990 shall govern the contract of carriage.

3. Jurisdiction
Disputes under the contract of carriage shall be determined by the competent court at the option of the Plaintiff at:
a)the place of permanent residence or principal place of business of the defendant, or
b)the place of departure or the place of destination according to the contract of carriage.
If according to the provisions of the appropriate Maritime Code are to be applied to the contract of carriage, the dispute can also be determined at the option of the Plaintiff by the competent court defined in the provisions of the appropriate Maritime Code. If according to the provisions of the Athens Convention are to be applied to the contract of carriage, the dispute can also be determined at the option of the Plaintiff by the competent court as defined in Article 17, subsection I (c) and (b).

4. Scope of Application
The contract of carriage and the provisions of law applicable according to the appropriate clause above shall govern the carriage by sea of the passenger, his luggage and any accompanied vehicle. The carriage by sea covers the period which the passenger, his luggage and the accompanied vehicle are in the Carrier's terminal at the place of departure, on board the vessel and in the Carrier's terminal at the place of destination.

The contract of carriage and the provisions of law applicable according to clause 2 above shall not be applied to other services and/or contracts entered into between the passenger and the Carrier outside the scope of carriage by sea as defined above. Such services and/or contracts are governed by the Standard Conditions concerning the Travel Agent's liability and contained in the Carrier's brochures, which are available on board the vessels, at the offices of the Carrier, the SeaEurope Holidays office and other travel agencies selling such services provided by the Carrier.

5. Tickets and Vessel
The ticket evidencing the contract of carriage must be presented when checking in at the Carrier's terminal at the place of departure. The passenger is not entitled to transfer the rights granted on the ticket to any other person. Anyone who has obtained a ticket on behalf of another person shall be considered empowered to do so and to accept these standard conditions of carriage on behalf of this person.

The Carrier is not liable to pay any refund on stolen, lost or destroyed tickets. Terms for refund in other cases are contained in the general conditions concerning refunds in the Carrier's brochures which are available on board the vessels, at the offices of the Carrier, the SeaEurope Holidays office and other travel agencies selling such services provided by the Carrier.

Both the passenger's and the Carrier's right to cancel the contract of carriage is defined in the provisions of the law applicable according to the appropirate clause above.

The Carrier is entitled to perform the carriage by another vessel than that announced or stated on the ticket.

6. Restrictions Concerning Luggage
The passenger is not allowed to bring to the terminal or on board any luggage or cabin luggage that may cause danger or considerable inconvenience for the terminal, the vessel, passengers or other luggage or cabin luggage or cargo. The Carrier shall have the right to carry ashore or to render innocuous or to destroy such luggage or cabin luggage at the cost of the passenger and without any responsibility on the part of the Carrier.

The passenger is not allowed to bring to the terminal or on board any live animals without express and separate agreement with the Carrier.

The Carrier is entitled for safety reasons to check the passenger's luggage, cabin luggage and vehicles both in terminals and on board.

7. Carrier's Liability
The Carrier's liability is determined in accordance with the applicable law under clause 2 above and is always limited as defined and to the amount available in the provisions of the applicable law or the Athens Convention as amended by protocol 29.3.1990.

The Carrier's liability is also limited under the provisions of law or international conventions concerning the limitation of liability on Maritime Claims as applicable at the place of the competent court under the appropriate clause above.

The Carrier is not liable for damages, losses or expenses in respect of delay howsoever caused and arising before commencement of or after the end of the carriage by sea.

8. Liability of Carrier's Employees, Agents and Independent Contractors
If any action is brought directly against the owner of the vessel, her master or her crew or any employee, agent or independent contractor or against anyone having an interest in the vessel, such person shall be entitled to avail himself of defences and limits of liability, which the Carrier is entitled to invoke under the contract of carriage and the provisions of law applicable in accordance with the appropriate clause above, as if they were expressly made for his benefit. In entering into any contract of carriage the Carrier does so not only on its own behalf but also as, the agent and trustee for such persons who shall to this extent be or be deemed to be parties to the contract of carriage.

The aggregate amounts recoverable from the Carrier and such other persons shall in no case exceed the limits provided under the contract of carriage and the provisions of law applicable in accordance with the appropriate clause above.