Terms of Service

1. Who we are

Shipbroker.io ("we", "us") operates a marketplace where maritime professionals list vessels for sale or charter, browse listings, and contact one another. These terms form an agreement between you and us and apply every time you use the site.

2. Accounts

You need an account to list a vessel or contact a seller. You must give accurate registration details, keep your password confidential, and you are responsible for what happens under your account. You must be at least 18 and acting on behalf of a business or yourself in a professional capacity.

We may suspend or close an account that breaches these terms, posts fraudulent listings, or is used to harass other users.

3. We are a venue, not a party to your deal

This is the most important thing on this page. We host listings and pass messages between users. We are not a broker, agent, surveyor, or counterparty to any transaction you negotiate here, and we take no commission on and give no warranty about any sale, charter, or other agreement you reach.

We do not verify vessel particulars, class records, ownership, encumbrances, or the authority of any user to sell what they have listed. Independent due diligence, survey, and legal advice are entirely your responsibility before you commit to anything.

4. Listings and content

You keep ownership of what you upload. By posting a listing you give us a non-exclusive licence to display, store, and distribute that content on the site and in emails and notifications we send about it, for as long as the listing is live.

You confirm that content you post is accurate, is yours to post, and is not:

• a vessel you have no right or authority to offer;
• misleading as to particulars, condition, price, or availability;
• infringing anyone's intellectual property;
• unlawful, defamatory, or abusive.

We may edit, decline, or remove any listing at our discretion, including listings that appear to be duplicates or stale.

5. Valuations and other estimates

Any valuation, price indication, or market figure shown on the site is an automated estimate generated from available data. It is provided for general information only, is not an appraisal, and must not be relied on for finance, insurance, accounting, or a purchase decision.

6. Acceptable use

Do not scrape, bulk-download, or resell listing data; do not use another user's contact details for unsolicited marketing; do not attempt to breach the site's security, rate limits, or access controls; do not misrepresent your identity or company.

7. Sanctions and trade compliance

You must not use the site to offer, acquire, or broker a vessel in a way that would breach applicable sanctions, export controls, or trade restrictions. You are responsible for screening your counterparties.

8. Availability

We aim to keep the site running but do not guarantee uninterrupted access. We may change, suspend, or withdraw features, including paid ones, and we may run maintenance without notice.

9. Liability

To the fullest extent the law allows, we are not liable for loss of profit, loss of business, loss of anticipated savings, or indirect or consequential loss arising from your use of the site or from any transaction between users. Nothing here limits liability for death or personal injury caused by negligence, or for fraud.

10. Changes to these terms

We may update these terms. If a change is material we will tell you by email or by notice on the site before it takes effect. Continuing to use the site after that means you accept the updated terms.

11. Contact

Questions about these terms: sales@shipbroker.io.