This website is operated by Ship Partners Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as 'Ship Partners'). The terms 'we', 'us', and 'our' refer to Ship Partners. The use of our website and services is subject to the following terms and conditions of use (the 'Terms'), as amended from time to time.

The Terms are to be read together with any terms, conditions, policies, or notices provided in the pages of our website, including our Privacy Policy. By accessing and using this website or any of our services, including any AI-assisted chat features, you accept and agree to be bound by and comply with the Terms and our Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to the Terms or our Privacy Policy, you are not authorized to access our website or use any of our services.

You agree to use our website and services for legitimate purposes and not for any illegal or unauthorized purpose, including without limitation, in violation of any intellectual property, privacy, data protection, or other applicable law.

By agreeing to the Terms, you represent and warrant that you are at least the age of majority in your jurisdiction and legally capable of entering into a binding contract.

You agree not to use our website, services, or AI-assisted chat features to generate, request, upload, transmit, or distribute unlawful, harmful, fraudulent, misleading, infringing, abusive, discriminatory, or otherwise inappropriate content, or to violate any applicable law, regulation, third-party right, or external AI API provider policy.

You agree not to interfere with, disrupt, reverse engineer, misuse, overload, scrape, or attempt to gain unauthorized access to any part of our website, systems, services, AI-assisted chat features, or related infrastructure.

We reserve the right to refuse service to anyone, at any time, for any reason. We also reserve the right to make modifications to the website, including suspending, restricting, or discontinuing any aspect of it without prior notice.

We may modify, suspend, restrict, or discontinue any part of the website or services, including AI-assisted chat features, at any time without prior notice. AI-assisted features may depend on external API providers and may be unavailable, delayed, limited, or modified due to third-party service availability, policy changes, technical issues, or legal requirements.

Your continued use of our website or services constitutes your agreement to any updates or changes to the Terms.

Our website provides access to market information and AI-assisted chat features designed to assist users in obtaining general information and making informed decisions.

The information and AI-generated responses provided through our website are for general informational purposes only and should not be interpreted as investment, legal, tax, accounting, regulatory, or other professional advice.

While we strive to provide accurate and useful information, market information, and AI-generated responses may be inaccurate, incomplete, outdated, misleading, or subject to change. Ship Partners does not guarantee the accuracy, completeness, timeliness, reliability, availability, or suitability of any information or AI-generated output.

Ship Partners does not guarantee any specific outcomes, profits, investment results, business results, or other results from the use of our website, services, information, or AI-generated responses.

The information, market data, and AI-generated responses provided through our website and services are made available for your internal business use only, unless Ship Partners expressly agrees otherwise in writing.

Our website may provide AI-assisted chat features powered by external artificial intelligence API providers. These features generate automated responses based on the information submitted by users.

You are responsible for any prompts, questions, uploaded content, files, or other content that you submit through the AI-assisted chat features, and you represent and warrant that you have all necessary rights, permissions, and authority to submit such content.

AI-generated responses may be inaccurate, incomplete, outdated, misleading, biased, or unsuitable for your specific circumstances. You are responsible for independently reviewing and verifying any AI-generated response before relying on it.

You must not rely solely on AI-generated responses for decisions that may have legal, investment, tax, accounting, medical, regulatory, compliance, safety, employment, credit, insurance, or other significant consequences. You should consult a qualified professional where appropriate.

You agree not to submit any content that is unlawful, harmful, infringing, confidential, sensitive, or otherwise inappropriate, including passwords, payment information, government identification numbers, health information, trade secrets, material non-public information, or personal information of third parties without proper authorization.

You acknowledge that the same or similar AI-generated responses may be provided to other users and that AI-generated responses may not be unique.

AI-assisted chat features may be subject to usage limits, availability limitations, filtering, or other restrictions designed to protect users, prevent abuse, comply with applicable laws, or satisfy the requirements of external AI API providers.

Ship Partners does not store user-submitted prompts, questions, uploaded content, files, AI chat conversation content, or AI-generated responses on its own servers, and does not use such content for its own analytics, marketing, product development, or AI model training purposes. Such content is transmitted to the applicable external AI API provider solely for the purpose of generating AI-assisted responses and operating the AI-assisted chat features.

Our AI-assisted chat features may be powered by X.AI LLC. According to xAI's applicable enterprise terms, User Content is not used by xAI for internal AI model training and is generally deleted within 30 days, unless longer retention is required by law or for safety, compliance, or moderation reasons.

You should not submit sensitive personal information, confidential information, passwords, payment information, government identification numbers, health information, trade secrets, material non-public information, or other information that you do not wish to be transmitted to or processed by the applicable external AI API provider.

Subject to these Terms, applicable law, and the applicable terms and policies of any external AI API provider, you may use information, market data, and AI-generated responses provided through our website and services solely for your internal business purposes.

You must not disclose, publish, distribute, sell, sublicense, transfer, make available, or otherwise provide any information, market data, AI-generated responses, or other content provided through our website or services to any third party without the prior written consent of Ship Partners.

You must not use any information, market data, AI-generated responses, or other content provided through our website or services to create, train, develop, improve, or provide any product, service, dataset, database, model, report, platform, or tool for the benefit of any third party without the prior written consent of Ship Partners.

As between you and Ship Partners, Ship Partners does not claim ownership of AI-generated responses generated for you through the AI-assisted chat features, except for Ship Partners' underlying services, website content, market information, data, materials, systems, and intellectual property. Your right to use AI-generated responses is limited to the scope permitted under these Terms.

You acknowledge that AI-generated responses may not be unique and that the same or similar responses may be generated for other users.

You are responsible for reviewing, verifying, and determining whether any information or AI-generated response is suitable for your intended use, including whether such use complies with applicable laws, third-party rights, confidentiality obligations, and professional or regulatory requirements.

Our AI-assisted chat features may be powered by external artificial intelligence API providers, including X.AI LLC. Your use of the AI-assisted chat features must comply with these Terms and any usage restrictions that we communicate to you from time to time.

External AI API providers may process submitted content and related data in accordance with their applicable terms, policies, and data processing practices. For more information, please refer to our Privacy Policy and the applicable policies of the relevant AI API provider.

xAI's applicable policies may include xAI Enterprise Terms of Service, available at https://x.ai/legal/terms-of-service-enterprise, xAI Privacy Policy, available at https://x.ai/legal/privacy-policy, xAI Security information, available at https://x.ai/security, and any applicable Acceptable Use Policy or documentation made available by xAI.

Unless expressly stated otherwise, Ship Partners is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by any external AI API provider.

The availability, performance, functionality, and output of AI-assisted chat features may depend on external AI API providers, and Ship Partners is not responsible for any interruption, modification, limitation, or discontinuation of such third-party services.

Links to external websites are provided for convenience only. We are not responsible for the content, accuracy, policies, products, or services provided by third-party websites.

Linking to external websites is at your own risk, and we assume no liability for any damages, losses, or issues arising from your access to or use of third-party websites.

Any reference to third-party websites, services, tools, APIs, or policies does not constitute an endorsement, sponsorship, or recommendation by Ship Partners unless expressly stated otherwise.

Please see our Privacy Policy for details on how we collect, use, disclose, transfer, store, and protect your personal information.

If you use our AI-assisted chat features, the information you submit, including prompts, questions, uploaded content, conversation content, and related usage data, may be transmitted by Ship Partners to external AI API providers for purposes such as generating responses, providing the service, maintaining security, preventing abuse, troubleshooting, and complying with applicable laws.

You should not submit sensitive personal information, confidential information, passwords, payment information, government identification numbers, health information, trade secrets, material non-public information, or other information that you do not wish to be processed through the AI-assisted chat features.

Where required by applicable law, additional details regarding data processing, third-party processing, cross-border transfers, retention periods, and your rights will be provided in our Privacy Policy.

Our website, services, market information, and AI-generated responses may contain errors, omissions, inaccuracies, or outdated information. We reserve the right to correct such errors and update information without prior notice.

We are not liable for any issues, losses, damages, or decisions resulting from outdated, incorrect, incomplete, or inaccurate information on the website or generated through AI-assisted chat features.

You are responsible for independently verifying information before relying on it, particularly where investment, legal, tax, regulatory, or other important decisions are involved.

This website, our services, market information, and AI-generated responses are provided on an 'as is' and 'as available' basis without warranties of any kind, whether express or implied.

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, Ship Partners disclaims all warranties, including warranties of accuracy, completeness, timeliness, reliability, availability, merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement, and suitability for your specific circumstances.

Ship Partners is not responsible for any decisions made or actions taken based on information or AI-generated responses provided through the website. You are responsible for independently verifying such information and obtaining professional advice where appropriate.

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, Ship Partners will not be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, special, punitive, exemplary, or other damages arising from or related to your use of, or inability to use, the website, services, information, market data, or AI-generated responses.

Ship Partners is not responsible for any interruption, delay, error, data loss, security incident, limitation, modification, or discontinuation caused by third-party service providers, external AI API providers, network failures, system failures, maintenance, or events beyond our reasonable control.

Certain jurisdictions may not allow the exclusion or limitation of certain warranties or liabilities, so some of these limitations may not apply to you.

You agree to indemnify and hold Ship Partners, its directors, officers, employees, contractors, agents, affiliates, and service providers harmless against any claims, demands, damages, losses, liabilities, costs, or expenses, including reasonable legal fees, arising from or related to your use of the website or services, your submissions, your reliance on AI-generated responses, your violation of these Terms, your violation of applicable laws or regulations, or your infringement of any third-party rights.

These Terms are governed by the laws of Japan, without regard to conflict of law principles. Any disputes arising from or related to these Terms, the website, or our services must be resolved in the courts of Tokyo, Japan.

If any provision of these Terms is deemed invalid, unlawful, or unenforceable, the remaining provisions will remain in full force and effect.

Failure to enforce any provision of these Terms does not constitute a waiver of that provision or of any other provision.

For questions or concerns regarding these Terms, please contact us at support@shippartners.jp