亲历者解读金康2022标准合同的修订历程及内容

Participants Interpret the Revision Process and Contents of GENCON 2022

波罗的海国际航运公会(BIMCO)于2017年11月启动金康合同修订工作,历时近5年,终于在2022年10月25日正式发布《统一杂货租船合同2022版》(GENCON 2022,金康2022),这是该合同自1922年首次发布后100年来的第3次修订。中远海运集团应邀派员加入BIMCO法律文件委员会金康合同修订分委员会,作为中国代表全程深度参与合同修订工作,在国际航运标准合同发展进程中第一次发出中国声音。本文作者系金康合同修订分委员会委员,从亲历者视角,对金康2022标准合同的修订历程进行了回顾,并对相关内容和影响进行了分析。

The Baltic International Chamber of Shipping(BIMCO)initiated the revision of the GENCON form in November 2017,which took nearly 5 years and was finally officially published as Uniform General Charter 2022 Edition(GENCON 2022)on October 25,2022.GENCON 2022 is the 3rd revision of the contract in 100 years since it was first developed in 1922.COSCO SHIPPING was invited to join the GENCON Revision Subcommittee of BIMCO’s Documentary Committee,and as the representative of China,participated in the whole revision process and made the voice of China heard for the first time in the development of the international shipping standard contract.As a member of the subcommittee,the author of this article,from the perspective of a participant,reviews the revision course of GENCON 2022,and analyzes the relevant details and impacts.