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itemprop="datePublished"> Published: 08 December 2013 </time> </dd> </dl> <div itemprop="articleBody"> <h5><strong>1. Introduction</strong></h5> <p>1.1. These are the Terms of Use of service ("Terms") which govern the use of all websites and related services owned or operated by Petrospot Limited.</p> <p>1.2. By accessing the content and/or services presented in any and all areas of any of these websites you consent to the Terms, as well as any additional terms of use that are posted on specific sites. If you do not agree to the Terms set out below, please do not access these websites and/or any of the services provided on them.</p> <p>1.3. Websites include <a href="http://www.petrospot.com" target="_blank">www.petrospot.com</a>, <a href="http://www.bunkerspot.com" target="_blank">www.bunkerspot.com</a> and subscription services available for registered users, including all content supplied to and displayed on the Bunkerspot Price Index ("Sites" or "Site").<br /> <br />1.4. Please read these Terms carefully. Each time you access a Site, these Terms will be applicable.</p> <p>1.5. It is your responsibility to bring these Terms to the attention of anyone who may, through you, view material on a Site. If you have any questions regarding these Terms, please contact us at <span id="cloakb12e6ebceb5bc68175e2e08670a6b630">This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.</span><script type='text/javascript'> document.getElementById('cloakb12e6ebceb5bc68175e2e08670a6b630').innerHTML = ''; var prefix = 'ma' + 'il' + 'to'; var path = 'hr' + 'ef' + '='; var addyb12e6ebceb5bc68175e2e08670a6b630 = 'info' + '@'; addyb12e6ebceb5bc68175e2e08670a6b630 = addyb12e6ebceb5bc68175e2e08670a6b630 + 'petrospot' + '.' + 'com'; var addy_textb12e6ebceb5bc68175e2e08670a6b630 = 'info' + '@' + 'petrospot' + '.' + 'com';document.getElementById('cloakb12e6ebceb5bc68175e2e08670a6b630').innerHTML += '<a ' + path + '\'' + prefix + ':' + addyb12e6ebceb5bc68175e2e08670a6b630 + '\'>'+addy_textb12e6ebceb5bc68175e2e08670a6b630+'<\/a>'; </script>. If you do not wish to be bound by these Terms, do not use any of the Sites.</p> <p>1.6. You may access a Site as follows: (a) if you go through a registration process on that Site, as a registered user or; (b) as a subscriber to our subscription services which we offer or may offer in the future; or (c) by accessing the Site without registration or subscription under (a) or (b), (as a "visitor").<br /> <br />1.7. Some areas on a Site may only be available to registered users or subscribers.<br /> <br />1.8. A Site may be supported by sponsoring organisations and advertisers (the "Sponsors") whose names appear on the Site and whose own websites may be accessed by Internet links from that Site.</p> <h5><strong>2. Definitions</strong></h5> <p>2.1. "you/your" means (as appropriate), the visitor, registered user and/or subscriber accessing a Site or using a Service.</p> <p>2.2. "we/us/our" means Petrospot Limited and its associated companies.</p> <p>2.3. "Services" means the on-line information and other services provided by us solely to registered users and/or subscribers, as described on the relevant Site when you register and/or subscribe in accordance with Clause 7 below.</p> <h5><strong>3. Intellectual Property</strong></h5> <p>3.1. Except where expressly stated to the contrary, copyright in the text, graphics and information contained on the Sites and other intellectual property rights are owned by us. We and our licensees reserve all intellectual property rights in and to the Sites, and their content including any material e-mailed to you or otherwise supplied to you by us through subscription and/or registration service (content of the Sites and material e-mailed to you is referred to collectively as "the Content").</p> <p>3.2. You agree to abide by all applicable copyright, intellectual property and other laws, as well as the terms of any additional copyright notices or restrictions contained on the Sites or in these Terms.</p> <p>3.3. Except as set out in clauses 4.1 and 4.2, you may not use or reproduce or allow anyone to use or reproduce the Content, or any design features (including copying or otherwise using any software or web design) for any reason without our prior written permission.</p> <h5><strong>4. Use of the Content</strong></h5> <p>4.1. You agree to use the Sites and the Content solely for your own personal use and benefit and not for resale or other transfer or disposition to any other person or entity. You further agree not to use, transfer, distribute or dispose of any Content in any manner that might compete with our business.</p> <p>4.2. Subject to the above, you may print, copy, download and store the Content in electronic or paper form for your own personal, non-commercial use providing that the Site is acknowledged as the source on your copy. In addition, you must not alter the context of the Content. You may not sell or re-sell any information reproduced to any third party without our prior written consent.</p> <p>4.3. If you would like to receive permission to republish, reprint or use for any other purpose any articles from any of the Sites or our trade marks and/or if you are unsure whether proposed use of the Content infringes our property rights, please contact the Sites' supervisor at <span id="cloake794aaeefda26071f89597c52887d051">This email address is being protected from spambots. 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If it is brought to our attention that you have sold, published, distributed, retransmitted or otherwise provided access to any article(s) from the Content to anyone without our express prior written permission, we will invoice you for copyright abuse damages of $2394.90 per article unless you can show that you have not breached any copyright, which will be payable immediately on receipt of the invoice.</p> <p>4.5. You agree and acknowledge that you shall not use or otherwise exploit any of the Content including without limitation the following: (a) reproduce or store in or transmit to any other web site, web address, server or other storage device connected to a network or otherwise regularly and/or systematically store in any form, all or any part of the Content, or (b) modify, publish, transmit, participate in the transfer or sale of, reproduce, create derivative works from, distribute, display, or in any way exploit all or any part of the Content without our prior written consent, or (c) remove the copyright or trade mark notice from any copies of the Content made under the Terms</p> <h5><strong>5. Representations, Warranties and Undertakings</strong></h5> <p>5.1. You represent and warrant that: (a) you have the capacity to agree to these Terms; and (b) you are at least eighteen (18) years of age.</p> <p>5.2. You undertake that: (a) you will not infringe the copyright or any other intellectual property or other rights in or relating to the Site or the Services or of any third party; (b) you will comply fully with the Terms; (c) you will not copy, reproduce, recompile, decompile, disassemble, reverse engineer, upload, download, transmit, create derivative works from or otherwise exploit the Site or any software which is proprietary to us or any of our third party licensors.</p> <p>5.3. You are responsible for procuring the necessary equipment and the payment of telephone and other charges necessary to access the Site.</p> <p>5.4. Content is provided 'as is' and 'as available'; it is provided by us in good faith, however we provide no warranties either express or implied, in respect of the adequacy, accuracy or completeness of the Content, the Sites, the Subscription Services and any other materials or services available through this website.<br /> <br />5.5. We do not warrant that the Content or this website shall be error or virus free.</p> <p>5.6. The Content is not intended to constitute advice and you should not rely on it as such.</p> <p>5.7. Neither we nor any third party shall be liable to you or to any third party for any loss or damage, whether direct, indirect or consequential, including without limitation loss of or damage to profits, sales, business, software or data, hardware, reputation, opportunity, savings or time however and whenever such loss and/or damage arises.</p> <p>5.8. The Sites contain advertising material submitted by third parties. The individual third party advertisers are solely responsible for ensuring that any advertising material included on this website complies with applicable laws and regulations. We are not responsible for content of any advertising material or for any inaccuracy, error or omission therein.</p> <p>5.9. We do not accept any liability in connection with any linked third party website that can be accessed through the Sites and do not endorse or approve the contents of any such site neither can we guarantee that these links will work all of the time.</p> <p>5.10. Nothing in the Terms shall exclude our liability for death or personal injury resulting from our negligence.</p> <p>5.11. All warranties, conditions, terms, undertakings and obligations not expressly set out herein are excluded from the Terms and all warranties, conditions, terms, undertakings and obligations implied by statute, common law, custom, trade usage, course of dealing or otherwise are also excluded to the fullest extent permitted by law.</p> <p>5.12. If requested by us, you agree to defend, indemnify and hold us harmless from any and all claims and expenses, including reasonable legal fees and expenses related to any breach by you of the Terms.</p> <h5><strong>6. RSS (Really Simple Syndication)</strong></h5> <p>6.1. 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