Persons who access the ESS Group website (“ESS Group”, “ESS”, “we” or “us” shall mean any company or any number of the companies in the ESS Group such as the context so admits) agree to be bound by the following terms and conditions:


About Us
The members of the ESS Group are separate companies engaged in a variety of trades and no assumption should be made that the whole group or any part of the group is a single legal entity, or that any one member controls another.

Proprietary Rights
Unless otherwise stated, the materials located on the ESS website including text, graphics, logos, button icons, images, real time or other information and content as well as any software programs available on or through the website (the "Content" or "Contents") are the property of ESS and are protected by copyright, trademark and other forms of proprietary rights. All right, title and interest in and to the Contents are owned, licensed or controlled by ESS. No license nor any other right is granted to any other person in respect of any related intellectual property rights, other than a licence to download the Contents to your computer temporarily and incidentally for the purpose of viewing this website.
 
Trademarks
The trademarks, logos, service marks and trade names of ESS may not be used without ESS’s prior written permission. Requests for permission should be sent by email to legal@essdocs.com.
 
Use of Contents
Except as otherwise indicated with respect to a particular portion, file, or document provided on this website, you may only print one copy of the Contents for your own personal, non-commercial use. You may not copy, store, either in hardcopy or in an electronic retrieval system, transmit, transfer, perform, broadcast, publish, reproduce, create a derivative work from, display, distribute, sell, license, rent, lease or otherwise transfer any of the Contents to any third person (including, without limitation, others in your company or organization) whether for direct commercial or monetary gain or otherwise without the prior written permission of ESS. Requests for such permission must be in writing and should be sent to: legal@essdocs.com.

Errors and Inaccuracies
ESS does not represent or warrant that the Contents are accurate, complete, or current. This includes pricing and availability information. We reserve the right to correct any errors or omissions, and to change or update the Contents at any time without prior notice.

Forward Looking Statements
To the extent that there are any forward looking statements on the website, these reflect the views of ESS as of the date on which they were made with respect to future events and are subject to risks and uncertainties. Actual results may differ from those expressed in such statements, depending on a variety of factors.

Disclaimer of Liability
The Contents available on or through the website are provided "as is" and ESS accepts no responsibility for any reliance on any Content included on it. Despite our efforts, the information contained in this website may not be comprehensive, accurate, up to date or applicable to the circumstances of any particular case. The ESS Group, its directors, officers and staff do not make any representations or warranties, whether express, implied in law or residual, as to the sequence, accuracy, completeness or reliability of information, opinions, any share price information, research information, data and/or content contained on the website (including but not limited to any information which may be provided by any third party or data or content providers) ("information"), shall not be bound in any manner by any information contained on the website and accept no liability whatsoever for any inaccuracies or omissions. Any decision you make based on information contained in this site is your sole responsibility and at your own risk. ESS does not accept liability for any direct, indirect, special, consequential or other losses or damages arising out of access to, or the use of, this website.

Links to ESS Website
Web site visitors may create a hypertext link to the ESS website, but only if such link is directed to our homepage at http://www.essdocs.com/.

Links to Other Sites
This website contains links to other resources on the Internet. Those links are provided to you in good faith to help you identify and locate quickly and easily other Internet resources that may be of interest to you. Should you leave this site via a link contained herein, the content that you view therein is not provided by ESS and is beyond our control. ESS is not responsible for, nor has it developed or reviewed, the content at those sites. The fact that we provide these links does not mean that we endorse any or all of these sites and does not indicate any responsibility on our part for their contents; we provide these links for the ease of our users only. It is your responsibility to decide whether any services/products available on any of these sites are suitable for your purposes.

ESS prohibits storing of unauthorized hypertext links on the website and the framing of any Content available through the site. ESS reserves the right to disable any unauthorized links or frames and disclaims any responsibility for the content available on any other site reached by links to or from the ESS website.

No Confidentiality
Any comments or other submissions sent to us will be deemed to be non-confidential, and shall be the property of ESS, including worldwide rights in all intellectual property submitted to us through the website.

Cookies
There is a technology called "cookies" which can be used by a website to enable its users to store tailored information from the website. A cookie can be sent to your browser, which may then store it on your system. Some ESS pages use cookies so that we can better serve you when you return to our site. A cookie does not retrieve any other data from your hard drive or capture or store your e-mail address. You can set your browser to notify you when you receive a cookie, giving you the chance to decide whether to accept it. You may continue browsing our site even if you decide not to accept the cookie.
 
Privacy Policy
Personal details provided to ESS through this web site will only be used in accordance with our privacy policy (below) and by providing your personal details to us you are consenting to their use in accordance with our privacy policy.

Antitrust Compliance Policy
ESS is committed to maintaining fair and competitive practices in the trading and shipping industries, and to adhering to all applicable antitrust laws adopted for these purposes. Accordingly, all website visitors reviewing the Content and participating in any online meetings organised by ESS, including surveys, workgroups and workshops, are prohibited from discussing or reaching agreement on or disseminating information relating to any activities which have the purpose or effect of restraining trade or which have the potential to affect or distort competition among individual companies. Such activities include, but are not limited to: fixing terms, prices or rates; discussions relating to particular customers or suppliers; boycotting or blacklisting particular customers or suppliers; allocating or dividing customers, territories, or markets; or otherwise seeking to distort competition.

Changes to Terms and Conditions of Use
ESS reserves the right to revise these terms and conditions at any time without giving you notice of such changes. You should check the current terms and conditions every time you visit, because in browsing this website you are submitting to being bound by the latest version.

Violations of Terms and Conditions of Use
ESS reserves the right to seek all remedies available at law and in equity for violations of these terms and conditions, including the right to block access from a particular Internet address to our site.
 
Applicable Law

Your use of this website and downloads from it are governed by, and these terms and conditions are to be interpreted in accordance with, English law. You agree to submit any dispute arising out of or in connection with these terms and conditions or in relation to this website, to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England. In the event that any or any part of the terms contained in these terms and conditions shall be determined by any competent authority to be invalid, unlawful or unenforceable to any extent, such term shall to that extent be severed from the remaining terms which shall continue to be valid and enforceable to the fullest extent permitted by law.