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At Breakbulk.News, our reputation is built on the accuracy and integrity of our reporting within the project cargo, heavy-lift, and logistics sectors. To maintain the strength of our brand and respect the intellectual property of our partners, all contributors and syndicators must adhere to the following guidelines.
1. Maintain Original Credits and Copyrights
Integrity starts with giving credit where it is due. Whether you are sharing a case study on a wind turbine shipment or a report on port congestion:
- Do Not Remove Notices: You may not remove or conceal any copyright, trademark, or proprietary notices embedded in our content.
- Prominent Attribution: If you reproduce a “substantial part” of a Breakbulk.News story, you must clearly display a credit to Breakbulk.News.
- Visual Credits: Pictures, graphics, and videos must retain their original credits (e.g., Breakbulk.News / [Photographer Name]).
2. Bylines and Datelines
To ensure the context of the news remains intact:
- Maintain Authorship: When using a text story substantially as provided, you must keep the original Breakbulk.News dateline and the author’s byline.
- Source Identification: Even if you are only using our content as a source for facts, figures, or quotes to build a larger piece, you should make a best-effort attempt to identify Breakbulk.News as the source.
3. Accuracy and AI Integrity
In an era of rapid digital shifts, we hold a firm line on the “human” element of logistics reporting:
- No Distortion: You are prohibited from using our content to produce materials that alter or distort the original editorial meaning.
- AI Usage: If using AI-enabled tools to summarize or adapt our content, the final output must remain factually accurate. If an AI-generated summary becomes misleading or incorrect, it must be corrected or withdrawn immediately.
- Fact-Checking: We reserve the right to request the removal of any material that misrepresents our original reporting.
4. Translations
The breakbulk industry is global. If you translate our content into another language for local markets:
- You must clearly state that the translation was not performed by Breakbulk.News.
- Example: “Originally published by Breakbulk.News; translated by [Your Company Name].”