Terms of Use

Effective Date: 08 Sep 2026 Last Updated: 08 Sep 2026

These Terms of Service ("Terms") are a binding agreement between you ("you" or "User") and the operator of Laminar361 ("Laminar361," "we," "us," or "our"), governing your access to and use of the Laminar361 website at https://laminar361.com (the "Site"), the Laminar361 iOS application (the "App"), and all related features, including the swipeable news Feed, public Insights articles, the Toolkit (Port Distance, Port Weather, Sanctions Check, and Bunker Market), and the Drift photograph feature (collectively, the "Service").

By creating an account, downloading the App, or otherwise accessing or using the Service, you agree to be bound by these Terms and by our [Privacy Policy](#), which is incorporated into these Terms by reference. If you do not agree, do not use the Service.

1. Eligibility

1.1 You must be at least 18 years old, or the age of legal majority in your jurisdiction if higher, to create an account or use the Service. The Service is directed at maritime industry professionals and adults with a general interest in maritime affairs, and is not designed for, marketed to, or intended for use by children.

1.2 If we become aware that we have collected personal data from a user under the applicable minimum age without appropriate consent, we will take steps to delete that data promptly. See our Privacy Policy's Children's Privacy section.

1.3 By using the Service, you represent that you have the legal capacity to enter into these Terms and that your use of the Service does not violate any law or regulation applicable to you, including any export control, trade sanctions, or import/customs law of your jurisdiction or the jurisdiction from which you access the Service.

2. The Service

2.1 Nature of the Service. Laminar361 aggregates, curates, summarizes, and republishes maritime-industry news and information from third-party sources, with attribution to those sources, and presents editorial Insights articles generated with the assistance of automated and editorial review processes. Laminar361 also provides a Toolkit of reference utilities (Port Distance, Port Weather, Sanctions Check, and Bunker Market) drawing on third-party and public data sources, and Drift, a feature offering a swipeable deck of public-domain photographs unrelated to maritime news content.

2.2 Not a Substitute for Professional Judgment. The Service provides general maritime intelligence, news, and reference information for informational purposes only. It is not professional maritime, legal, regulatory, compliance, safety, navigational, insurance, or trading advice, and must not be relied upon as such. See Section 8 (Disclaimers) below.

2.3 Availability and Changes. We may add, modify, suspend, or discontinue any part of the Service (including specific Toolkit features) at any time, with or without notice, and without liability to you, except where such liability cannot be excluded under applicable law.

2.4 Accounts — Currently Optional. Creating an account is currently optional. Certain features — such as persisting your saved preferences, bookmarks, and Feed personalization across sessions and devices — require an account. You may use the core Feed, Insights, and Toolkit features without an account, subject to Section 4.

2.5 Accounts May Become Required in the Future. We may, at our discretion, change account registration from optional to required for continued use of some or all of the Service in the future (for example, to combat abuse, comply with a legal requirement, or support new features that depend on a persistent identity). If we make this change, we will provide advance notice in accordance with Section 12 (Changes to These Terms) before it takes effect, and our Privacy Policy will continue to govern how any account data collected at that time is used.

3. Accounts and Registration

3.1 Registration Information. If you choose to create an account, you must provide an email address and a password. You agree that this information is accurate and that you will keep it up to date.

3.2 Purpose of Account Data. We collect account information solely to identify your account and to allow your saved preferences, bookmarks, and Feed personalization to persist across sessions and devices (so that reinstalling the App or signing in on a new device restores your experience rather than starting from a blank slate). See our Privacy Policy for the full description of how this data is used, and the limits on that use — including that it is not used for marketing, identity-based profiling, or shared or sold to third parties.

3.3 Account Security. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of any credentials used to access your account and for all activity that occurs under your account. Notify us immediately at hello@laminar361.com if you suspect unauthorized access to or use of your account.

3.4 One Account Per Person. You may not create an account on behalf of another person without their authorization, impersonate any person or entity, or misrepresent your affiliation with any person or entity.

3.5 Account Deletion. You may delete your account, and all associated account and behavioral data, at any time using the in-app account deletion control, or by emailing hello@laminar361.com. See our Privacy Policy for the full deletion process and timeline.

4. Acceptable Use

4.1 You agree not to, and not to permit any third party to:

(a) use the Service for any unlawful purpose, or in any way that violates these Terms or any applicable local, national, or international law or regulation;

(b) scrape, crawl, harvest, or extract data from the Service using automated means (bots, scripts, spiders, or similar technology), except for standard search-engine indexing that we do not block via robots.txt;

(c) reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble, or otherwise attempt to derive the source code, underlying ideas, algorithms, or data structures of the Service, except to the extent such restriction is prohibited by applicable law;

(d) interfere with, disrupt, or place an unreasonable load on the Service's infrastructure, including through denial-of-service attacks, excessive automated requests, or attempts to circumvent rate limits or access controls;

(e) misrepresent your identity, impersonate any person or entity, or falsely state or otherwise misrepresent your affiliation with a person or entity;

(f) upload, transmit, or facilitate the transmission of any material that is unlawful, defamatory, harassing, abusive, or that infringes any third party's intellectual property or privacy rights;

(g) use the Service to build a competing product or service by systematically extracting or reproducing our curated content, editorial output, or Toolkit data at scale;

(h) attempt to gain unauthorized access to any account, system, or network connected to the Service; or

(i) use any content from the Service in a manner that violates the attribution and use restrictions described in Section 5.

4.2 We reserve the right to investigate and take appropriate action against anyone who, in our sole discretion, violates this Section, including removing content, suspending or terminating accounts, and reporting conduct to law enforcement authorities where appropriate.

5. Content, Intellectual Property, and Attribution

5.1 Our Content. The Service, including its design, software, editorial Insights articles, curation logic, and Toolkit outputs (excluding third-party content and data described below), is owned by Laminar361 or its licensors and is protected by copyright, trademark, and other intellectual property laws. Except as expressly permitted by these Terms, you may not copy, reproduce, distribute, publicly display, publicly perform, modify, or create derivative works from any part of the Service without our prior written consent.

5.2 Limited License to You. Subject to your compliance with these Terms, we grant you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to access and use the Service for your own personal or internal business informational purposes. This license does not include any right to resell, sublicense, redistribute, or commercially exploit the Service or its content.

5.3 Third-Party News Content and Attribution. Laminar361's Feed and Insights articles aggregate, summarize, and republish information originally reported by third-party news publishers, trade press, and official maritime authorities. We do not claim ownership of, or an exclusive license to, the underlying facts, events, or original expression reported by those third parties. Laminar361 publishes content in the following forms, each attributed to its original source:

(a) Insights articles are original editorial synthesis — full source articles are never copied; every Insights article is independent editorial coverage generated only from retrieved, verified evidence across multiple sources, not a reproduction of any publisher's original text;

(b) single-source cards carry a short, original Laminar-written summary — grounded strictly in the facts of one verified publisher article, restated in our own words, never verbatim — and open the original publisher's article directly when tapped; and a substantial portion of Feed content consists of these cards and standard RSS syndication — a publisher's own headline, excerpt, and image, redistributed as the publisher makes available via their public feed — in each case with full attribution and a link to the original article;

(c) published content, of any of these kinds, preserves and displays the original source name, the original article's publisher URL, its publication time, and applicable attribution (including licensed-image attribution) for every story;

(d) inclusion of a publisher's reporting in our Service does not imply that publisher's endorsement of, affiliation with, or sponsorship of Laminar361, unless expressly stated; and

(e) we do not hold, and do not represent that we hold, any republication, syndication, or licensing rights in third-party articles beyond what is permitted by applicable law (including fair use/fair dealing principles), by the publisher directly, or by the publisher's own public RSS feed.

5.4 Publisher and Rights-Holder Requests. If you are a publisher, rights holder, or other party who believes your content, imagery, or attribution has been used incorrectly, used beyond the limits described in Section 5.3, or you would otherwise like your name or content removed from the Service, contact us at hello@laminar361.com with the material in question, the original publication URL, and your contact details. This contact point is also published on our Site for exactly this purpose. We will review the request promptly and, where appropriate, correct the attribution, remove the content, or otherwise address the request — including removing a publisher's name or citation from published coverage upon a valid request, even where we believe our use was lawful, as a matter of policy rather than only legal obligation.

5.5 Toolkit Data. Port distance, weather, sanctions-list, and bunker market data presented in the Toolkit are drawn from third-party data providers and public sources and are provided for general reference only. We do not warrant the completeness, accuracy, or currency of this data. See Section 8 (Disclaimers).

5.6 Feedback. If you provide us with suggestions, ideas, or feedback about the Service, you grant us an unrestricted, perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free license to use that feedback for any purpose without any obligation to compensate you.

5.7 DMCA / Copyright Complaints. If you believe content on the Service infringes your copyright, send a notice to hello@laminar361.com including: (a) a description of the copyrighted work; (b) the location of the allegedly infringing material on the Service; (c) your contact information; (d) a statement of good-faith belief that the use is unauthorized; and (e) a statement, under penalty of perjury, that the notice is accurate and that you are authorized to act on behalf of the rights holder. We will investigate and respond to valid notices in accordance with applicable law.

6. Sanctions Check and Compliance-Adjacent Toolkit Features

6.1 The Sanctions Check, Port Distance, Port Weather, and Bunker Market Toolkit features are informational reference tools drawing on third-party lists, feeds, and datasets. They are not a substitute for, and must not be relied upon in place of, formal legal, sanctions, or compliance screening performed by a qualified compliance professional, legal counsel, or an authorized compliance-screening provider.

6.2 We make no representation that the Sanctions Check feature reflects a complete, current, or authoritative list of sanctioned persons, vessels, or entities under any jurisdiction's sanctions regime (including but not limited to OFAC, EU, UK OFSI, UN Security Council, or Singapore's regimes). You are solely responsible for verifying sanctions status through official government and regulatory sources before making any commercial, legal, or operational decision.

6.3 You agree not to use the Sanctions Check or any other Toolkit feature as your sole basis for a compliance determination, and to independently verify any information before relying on it for a business, legal, safety, or navigational decision.

7. Third-Party Links and Services

The Service contains links to third-party websites, publisher content, and services that are not owned or controlled by Laminar361. We are not responsible for the content, accuracy, privacy practices, or terms of any third-party site. Your use of any third-party site linked from the Service is governed by that third party's own terms and privacy policy, and is at your own risk.

8. Disclaimers

8.1 "As Is" Basis. THE SERVICE, INCLUDING ALL CONTENT, INSIGHTS ARTICLES, FEED CONTENT, AND TOOLKIT OUTPUTS, IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE," WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED, OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, AND ACCURACY, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW.

8.2 No Professional Advice. Nothing on the Service constitutes legal, regulatory, compliance, financial, trading, insurance, navigational, or other professional advice. Maritime intelligence content, including Insights articles and Feed summaries, may not capture every nuance, subsequent development, or correction to the underlying reporting. You should independently verify any information that is material to a legal, safety, financial, navigational, or operational decision by consulting qualified professionals and official/authoritative sources (e.g., flag state authorities, classification societies, port authorities, IMO, and relevant government agencies).

8.3 No Guarantee of Accuracy, Availability, or Continuity. We do not warrant that the Service will be uninterrupted, timely, secure, or error-free, that data (including bunker prices, weather, port distances, or sanctions data) will be current or complete, or that any errors will be corrected. Automated and AI-assisted content generation processes are used in producing certain Insights content and are subject to error, including the possibility of factual inaccuracy, outdated information, or misclassification.

8.4 Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion of certain warranties, so some of the above exclusions may not apply to you to the extent prohibited by applicable law.

9. Limitation of Liability

9.1 TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN NO EVENT SHALL LAMINAR361, ITS OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, OR LICENSORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR ANY LOSS OF PROFITS, REVENUE, DATA, GOODWILL, OR BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO YOUR USE OF, OR INABILITY TO USE, THE SERVICE, WHETHER BASED ON WARRANTY, CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), STATUTE, OR ANY OTHER LEGAL THEORY, AND WHETHER OR NOT LAMINAR361 HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

9.2 TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, LAMINAR361'S TOTAL AGGREGATE LIABILITY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THESE TERMS OR YOUR USE OF THE SERVICE SHALL NOT EXCEED THE GREATER OF (A) SGD 100, OR (B) THE TOTAL AMOUNT, IF ANY, YOU PAID TO LAMINAR361 FOR USE OF THE SERVICE IN THE TWELVE (12) MONTHS PRECEDING THE EVENT GIVING RISE TO THE CLAIM.

9.3 The limitations in this Section apply even if any limited remedy fails of its essential purpose, and do not apply to liability that cannot be limited or excluded under applicable law (for example, liability for death or personal injury caused by negligence, fraud, or fraudulent misrepresentation, where such exclusion is prohibited).

9.4 Nothing in these Terms limits or excludes any right you may have under Singapore's PDPA, the EU/UK GDPR, or applicable US state privacy laws that cannot lawfully be limited by contract.

10. Indemnification

You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless Laminar361 and its officers, directors, employees, and agents from and against any claims, liabilities, damages, losses, and expenses (including reasonable legal fees) arising out of or in any way connected with: (a) your violation of these Terms; (b) your use or misuse of the Service; (c) your violation of any applicable law or third-party right in connection with your use of the Service; or (d) any content or information you submit through the Service.

11. Term, Suspension, and Termination

11.1 These Terms remain in effect for as long as you use the Service.

11.2 You may stop using the Service, and delete your account, at any time.

11.3 We may suspend or terminate your access to the Service, in whole or in part, with or without notice, if we reasonably believe you have violated these Terms, engaged in fraudulent or unlawful conduct, or posed a security or operational risk to the Service or other users. Where practicable, we will provide notice of suspension or termination and the reason for it.

11.4 Upon termination, Sections 5 (Content, IP, and Attribution), 8 (Disclaimers), 9 (Limitation of Liability), 10 (Indemnification), 14 (Governing Law and Dispute Resolution), and any other provision that by its nature should survive, will continue to apply.

11.5 Termination of your account will trigger deletion of your account data in accordance with our Privacy Policy, except where we are required or permitted to retain certain data by applicable law (e.g., for legal, security, or fraud-prevention purposes, retained only for so long as necessary for those purposes).

12. Changes to These Terms

12.1 We may update these Terms from time to time to reflect changes in the Service, legal or regulatory requirements, or our practices — including, per Section 2.5, a change from optional to required account registration. If we make a material change, we will provide notice by at least one of the following means: an in-app or in-Service notice, an email to the address associated with your account (if you have one), or a prominent notice on the Site, in each case at least 14 days before the change takes effect, unless a shorter period is required to address a legal, security, or operational necessity.

12.2 Your continued use of the Service after the effective date of updated Terms constitutes acceptance of the changes. If you do not agree to the updated Terms, you must stop using the Service and, if applicable, delete your account.

12.3 The "Last Updated" date at the top of these Terms indicates when they were last revised.

13. Governing Law

These Terms and any dispute arising out of or in connection with them or the Service (including non-contractual disputes) are governed by the laws of the Republic of Singapore, without regard to its conflict-of-laws principles.

14. Dispute Resolution

14.1 Informal Resolution First. Before initiating any formal proceeding, you agree to first contact us at hello@laminar361.com with a description of the dispute, and we will attempt in good faith to resolve it informally within 30 days.

14.2 Jurisdiction. If a dispute cannot be resolved informally, you agree that the courts of the Republic of Singapore shall have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any dispute arising out of or in connection with these Terms or the Service, and you irrevocably submit to the jurisdiction of those courts. This does not prevent either party from seeking urgent injunctive or equivalent relief in any competent court.

14.3 Nothing in this Section removes any right you may have to bring a claim or complaint before a competent regulator or supervisory authority in your home jurisdiction where applicable law entitles you to do so (for example, a data protection complaint to the Singapore Personal Data Protection Commission, an EU/UK supervisory authority, or a US state attorney general/consumer protection body), notwithstanding the jurisdiction clause above.

15. Miscellaneous

15.1 Entire Agreement. These Terms, together with our Privacy Policy, constitute the entire agreement between you and Laminar361 regarding the Service and supersede any prior agreements.

15.2 Severability. If any provision of these Terms is held unenforceable, that provision will be limited or eliminated to the minimum extent necessary, and the remaining provisions will remain in full force and effect.

15.3 No Waiver. Our failure to enforce any right or provision of these Terms will not be deemed a waiver of that right or provision.

15.4 Assignment. You may not assign or transfer these Terms without our prior written consent. We may assign these Terms, in whole or in part, without restriction, including in connection with a merger, acquisition, reorganization, or sale of assets.

15.5 No Third-Party Beneficiaries. These Terms do not confer any rights or remedies on any person other than you and Laminar361.

15.6 Force Majeure. We are not liable for any failure or delay in performance resulting from causes beyond our reasonable control, including acts of God, natural disasters, war, terrorism, labor disputes, internet or telecommunications failures, or governmental action.

15.7 Contact. Questions about these Terms should be directed to hello@laminar361.com.

16. Advertising and Sponsored Content

16.1 Advertising supports the Service. Laminar361 is provided free of charge and is funded in part by advertising. We display advertising on our website, and may in future display advertising within the App. We will always identify it clearly.

16.2 Labelling. Every advertisement we serve is labelled as sponsored and is presented so that it is visually distinguishable from our editorial content. Advertising within the Feed appears as a discrete card and never alters, interrupts or is inserted into the body of an article or Insight.

16.3 Editorial independence. Advertisers have no influence over our reporting, story selection, source verification, ranking or Insight writing. Purchasing advertising does not buy editorial coverage, favourable treatment, or the removal of unfavourable coverage. Where a commercial relationship is relevant to something we publish, we disclose it.

16.4 We do not endorse advertisers. Advertisements are supplied by third parties, including through Google's advertising services. We do not select, review, endorse or guarantee individual advertisements or the products, services, claims or offers they contain. Any dealing with an advertiser is solely between you and that advertiser, and we are not responsible or liable for it. Advertisements may link to third-party websites, which section 7 governs.

16.5 No interference. You may not use automated means to click, request or generate impressions of advertising on the Service, nor take any action designed to generate invalid advertising activity or to interfere with the delivery or measurement of advertising.

16.6 Publisher advertising. Where you open an article on its original publisher's website, any advertising on that page belongs to that publisher. We do not control it and receive no revenue from it.

16.7 Cookies and consent. Advertising on our website uses cookies and similar technologies. Our Privacy Policy explains this, and describes the consent controls available to you.