Terms of Use

Welcome to our website and thank you for choosing to explore what we have to offer. Please read these terms carefully before using the website.

WHO WE ARE AND HOW TO CONTACT US

www.containerstatistics.com is a website operated by Container Trades Statistics Limited (‘us’ or ‘we’). We are a limited company, registered in England and Wales under company number 06595997 and we have our registered office at One Crown Square, Church Street East, Woking, Surrey, United Kingdom, GU21 6HR. Our VAT number is 941126743 .The term ‘you’ refers to the user or viewer of our website.

To contact us, please email Contact-CTS@containertradesstatistics.com or call our customer service line on +44 1483 77 88 50.

We are delighted that you are here and hope you find our resources valuable.

BY USING OUR WEBSITE YOU ACCEPT THESE TERMS

By using our website, you confirm that you accept these Terms of Use and that you agree to comply with them.

If you do not agree to these terms, you must not use our website.

We recommend that you print a copy of these terms for future reference.

THERE ARE OTHER TERMS THAT MAY APPLY TO YOU

These Terms of Use refer to the following additional terms, which also apply to your use of our website:

• This website uses cookies to monitor browsing preferences. If you allow cookies to be used, your personal information will be collected, used and stored as described in our PRIVACY POLICY
• If you purchase products or services from our website, except for access to our Free Reports you will be required to sign up to additional terms and conditions of sale.

WE MAY MAKE CHANGES TO THESE TERMS AND OUR WEBSITE

We may amend these terms from time to time. Every time you wish to use our website, please check these terms to ensure you understand the terms that apply at that time.

We may update and change our website from time to time.

WE MAY SUSPEND OR WITHDRAW OUR WEBSITE

Our website is made available free of charge.

We do not guarantee that our website, or any content on it, will always be available or be uninterrupted. We may suspend or withdraw or restrict the availability of all or any part of our website for business and operational reasons. We will try to give you reasonable notice of any such suspension or withdrawal.

You are also responsible for ensuring that all persons who access our website through your internet connection are aware of these Terms of Use and other applicable terms of service, and that they comply with them.

WE MAY TRANSFER THIS AGREEMENT TO SOMEONE ELSE

We may transfer our rights and obligations under these terms to another organisation. We will always tell you in writing if this happens and we will ensure that the transfer will not affect your rights under these Terms of Use.

YOU MUST KEEP YOUR ACCOUNT DETAILS SAFE

Access to our Free Reports and Data Products (together our Data) is restricted. To access such Data, you must open an account by registering your email address and creating a password. You must keep the password confidential and notify us immediately if you become aware of any unauthorised use of your account or password. You can notify us at contact-cts@containertradesstatistics.com

Access to our ‘Free Reports’ is free of charge once you have registered for an account. Access to our ‘Data Products’ requires you to have registered for an account and to have accepted additional terms and conditions of sale.

You are responsible for any activity on our website arising from your failure to keep your password confidential and may be held liable for any losses arising from such failure.

We have the right to disable any user identification code or password, whether chosen by you or allocated by us, at any time, if in our reasonable opinion you have failed to comply with any of the provisions of these Terms of Use.

If you do not access your account within a period of 90 consecutive days, we may deactivate your account.

HOW YOU MAY USE THE MATERIAL ON OUR WEBSITE

We are the owner or licensee of all intellectual property rights in our website. This website contains material owned by or licensed to us (Material). Those works are protected by copyright laws and treaties around the world. All such rights are reserved. Material includes, but is not limited to, the design, layout, look and appearance of the website, and the illustrations, graphics, photographs, video and audio used on the website. Material also includes the Data (which includes but is not limited to aggregated volume statistics and aggregated price indices licensed to us by World Liner Data Limited).

Certain summary data is provided free of charge (Free Reports). More detailed data is available to purchase via the website (Data Products). Any redistribution or reproduction of part or all of the Data in any form is prohibited other than the following:

Free Reports:

• You may print or download extracts to a local hard disk for personal and non-commercial use only.
• You may copy the content of the Free Reports and share it with individual third parties for their personal use, but only if you acknowledge our website as the source of the material.
• You may not distribute or commercially exploit the content of the Free Reports, except with our prior written permission, nor may you transmit or store it on any other website or electronic retrieval system.
• You must not modify the paper or digital copies of any Data you have printed off or downloaded in any way, and you must not use any illustrations, photographs, video or audio sequences or any graphics separately from any accompanying text.
• If you print off, copy, download, share or repost any part of our website or the Data in breach of these Terms of Use, your right to use our website and the Data will cease immediately and you must, at our option, return or destroy any copies of the Materials you have made (except that you are permitted to print off a copy of these Terms of Use).

Data Products:

The restrictions on the use of Data Products are set out in the applicable terms and conditions of sale, which form an integral part of the contract between you (the buyer) and us (the seller) for the sale and purchase of the Data Products.

NO TEXT OR DATA MINING, OR WEB SCRAPING

You shall not conduct, facilitate, authorise or permit any text or data mining or web scraping in relation to our website or any services provided via, or in relation to, our website for any purpose, including the development, training, fine-tuning or validation of AI systems or models. This includes using (or permitting, authorising or attempting the use of):

• Any “robot”, “bot”, “spider”, “scraper” or other automated device, program, tool, algorithm, code, process or methodology to access, obtain, copy, monitor or republish any portion of our website or any data, content, information or services accessed via the same; and
• Any automated analytical technique aimed at analysing text and data in digital form to generate information or develop, train, fine-tune or validate AI systems or models which includes but is not limited to patterns, trends and correlations.

The provisions in this section should be treated as an express reservation of our rights in this regard, including for the purposes of Article 4(3) of the Digital Copyright Directive ((EU) 2019/790).

This section will not apply insofar as (but only to the extent that) we are unable to exclude or limit text or data mining or web scraping activity under the laws which are applicable to us.

RULES ABOUT LINKING TO OUR WEBSITE

• You may link to our home page, provided you do so in a way that is fair and legal and does not damage our reputation or take advantage of it.
• You must not establish a link in such a way as to suggest any form of association, approval or endorsement on our part where none exists.
• You must not establish a link to our website in any website that is not owned by you.
• Our website must not be framed on any other website, nor may you create a link to any part of our website other than the home page.
• We reserve the right to withdraw linking permission without notice. If you wish to link to or make any use of content on our website other than that set out above, please contact contact-cts@containertradesstatistics.com

DO NOT RELY ON INFORMATION ON THIS WEBSITE

The content on our website is provided for general information only. It is not intended to amount to advice on which you should rely. You must obtain professional or specialist advice before taking, or refraining from, any action on the basis of the content on our website. It is up to you to ensure that any products, services, or information available through this website meet your specific business or other requirements.

Although we make reasonable efforts to update the information on our website, we make no representations, warranties or guarantees, whether express or implied, that the content on our website is accurate, complete or up to date.

WE ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR WEBSITES TO WHICH WE LINK

From time to time, this website may also include links to other websites. These links are provided for your convenience to provide further information. They do not signify that we endorse or approve the other website(s), and we have no responsibility for the content of any linked website(s).

WE ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR VIRUSES

We do not guarantee that our website will be secure or free from bugs or viruses. You are responsible for configuring your information technology, computer programs and platform to access our website. You should use virus protection software which you have licensed for use from a recognised vendor of anti-virus software.

YOU MUST NOT INTRODUCE VIRUSES

You must not misuse our website by knowingly introducing viruses, trojans, worms, logic bombs or other material that is malicious or technologically harmful, or otherwise harmfully interacting with our website or any part of it. You must not attempt to gain unauthorised access to our website, the server on which our website is stored or any server, computer or database connected to our website or any other equipment or network connected with our website.

You must not interfere with, damage or disrupt any software used in the provision of our website or any equipment or network or software owned or used by any third party on which this website relies in any way. You must not attack our website via a denial-of-service attack or a distributed denial-of-service attack. By breaching this provision, you would commit a criminal offence under the Computer Misuse Act 1990. We will report any such breach to the relevant law enforcement authorities and we will co-operate with those authorities by disclosing your identity to them. In the event of such a breach, your right to use our website will cease immediately.

OUR RESPONSIBILITY FOR LOSS OR DAMAGE SUFFERED BY YOU

Whether you are a consumer or a business user:

• We do not exclude or limit in any way our liability to you where it would be unlawful to do so. This includes liability for death or personal injury caused by our negligence or the negligence of our employees, agents or subcontractors, and for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation.
• Different limitations and exclusions of liability will apply to liability arising as a result of the supply of Data Products to you, which will be set out in the applicable terms and conditions of sale.

If you are a business user:

• We exclude all implied conditions, warranties, representations or other terms that may apply to our website or any content on it (including the Free Reports).
• We will not be liable to you for any loss or damage, whether in contract, tort (including negligence), breach of statutory duty, or otherwise, even if foreseeable, arising under or in connection with:
  – use of, or inability to use, our website (including the Free Reports); or
  – use of or reliance on any Materials in relation to our website.
• In particular, we will not be liable in relation to your use of our website (including the Free Reports) or any Materials for:
  – loss of profits, sales, business, or revenue;
  – business interruption;
  – loss of anticipated savings;
  – loss of business opportunity, goodwill or reputation; or
  – any indirect or consequential loss or damage.

If you are a consumer user:

• We only provide our website for domestic and private use. You agree not to use our website for any commercial or business purposes, and we will have no liability to you for any loss of profit, loss of business, business interruption, or loss of business opportunity arising from your use of our website.
• If defective digital content that we have supplied damages a device or digital content belonging to you and this is caused by our failure to use reasonable care and skill, we will either repair the damage or pay you compensation. However, we will not be liable for damage that you could have avoided by following our advice to apply an update offered to you free of charge or for damage that was caused by you failing to correctly follow installation instructions or to have in place the minimum system requirements advised by us.

HOW WE MAY USE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

We will only use your personal information as set out in our Privacy Policy.

WHICH COUNTRY’S LAWS APPLY TO ANY DISPUTES?

If you are a consumer, please note that these Terms of Use, their subject matter and their formation, are governed by English law. We both agree that the courts of England and Wales will have exclusive jurisdiction, except that if you are a resident of Northern Ireland, you may also bring proceedings in Northern Ireland, and if you are a resident of Scotland, you may also bring proceedings in Scotland.

If you are a business, these Terms of Use, their subject matter and their formation (and any non-contractual disputes or claims) are governed by English law. We both agree to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales.