Force Majeure Policy

Neither ShipHub™ nor any Service Partner shall be liable for failure or delay in performance caused by events beyond reasonable control, including: acts of God, severe weather, earthquake, flood, fire, pandemic, epidemic, war, armed conflict, terrorism, civil unrest, sabotage, piracy, port congestion, vessel diversion, equipment shortage, fuel shortage, strikes, labor disputes, slowdowns, customs delays, government action, embargo, sanctions, export controls, currency restrictions, cyber incidents, denial-of-service, internet or telecommunications outages, cloud-provider outages, third-party API failure, AI model unavailability, route closures, and any similar event.

During a force-majeure event, affected obligations are suspended for the duration of the event. ShipHub™ may reroute, re-schedule, or cancel affected bookings without liability. You remain responsible for any costs incurred prior to the event and for storage, demurrage, and similar charges that accrue during the event.

Force-majeure events do not, on their own, entitle you to a refund of platform fees, freight charges, or services already rendered or already paid to a Service Partner.

This document is governed by and construed under the laws of the State of Georgia, United States of America, without regard to conflict-of-law principles. The United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods does not apply.

Any dispute, claim, or controversy arising out of or relating to this document or the Services shall be resolved exclusively by binding arbitration administered by the American Arbitration Association (AAA) under its Commercial Arbitration Rules, with the seat of arbitration in Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia. The arbitrator's award shall be final, non-appealable, and enforceable in any court of competent jurisdiction.

You expressly waive any right to a trial by jury and any right to participate in a class, collective, consolidated, or representative action against ShipHub™. Any claim must be brought within one (1) year of the event giving rise to it or be permanently barred.

You agree that your electronic acceptance of this document — whether via checkbox, click, API authentication, or continued use of the Services — has the same legal force and effect as a hand-written signature under the U.S. Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act (E-SIGN), the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act (UETA), and any equivalent law in your jurisdiction.

ShipHub™ retains a server-side acceptance record including timestamp, IP address, document version, and account identifier, which shall constitute prima facie evidence of acceptance in any proceeding.

IKEOCEAN® LLC, doing business as ShipHub™ ("ShipHub™", "we", "us", or "our") may amend this document at any time by posting an updated version inside the Legal Center at /legal. Continued access to or use of the ShipHub™ platform, application, APIs, dashboards, marketplace, agent network, partner portal, or any service offered by ShipHub™ (collectively, the "Services") after the effective date constitutes binding acceptance of the revised document.

By creating an account, clicking an acceptance checkbox, signing electronically, submitting a booking, transmitting an API call, or otherwise using the Services, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by this document and every other policy referenced in the Legal Center.

Where any term of this document conflicts with a signed master services agreement executed between you and ShipHub™, the executed agreement controls only as to the conflicting provision; all other provisions of this document remain in full force.

Legal notices to ShipHub™ must be sent in writing to: IKEOCEAN® LLC, doing business as ShipHub™, Legal Department, Atlanta, Georgia, USA, with a copy to info@ikeocean.com. Notices to you may be delivered via the email address on file, in-platform notification, or any reasonable electronic means; electronic notice is deemed received upon transmission.

For questions about this document or to exercise any rights described herein, contact info@ikeocean.com or write to our Legal Department at the address above.