The Claims Review - Issue 22, September 2010

Welcome to the Autumn edition of the ITIC Claims Review, which is published to coincide with the September 2010 meeting of the Club’s Board of Directors in Istanbul, Turkey.

Claims Review 22

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The dangers of assumption

A large construction firm was undertaking building works on an island. In order to construct part of the project, a large crane was needed to be shipped by barge from the mainland. The construction company asked ITIC’s member,...

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Check it has been received

A shipbroker, who was a member of ITIC, was acting for a ship owner. The owners had a demurrage claim against the charterers and the charterparty contained the following time bars: 60 day notification – mid January 2008 90...

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Fraud through the web

A shipbroker sought ITIC's assistance because fraudsters were using their address and VAT number. They advised that they had received a call from a man whose girlfriend wanted to buy a vintage sports car. The person selling it...

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Missing containers

A ship agent had been instructed to arrange for five containers to be shipped from the UK. In error, the agency office left a clause on the bill of lading stating “Shipper’s Own Containers”. As a result the containers were...

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Thaw end of the deal

A liner agent accepted a booking of two reefer containers of frozen fish for shipment to China. Instructions were received to ship the cargo at a temperature of minus 20. Unfortunately, when the details of the shipment were being...

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Take care who you are writing to

A number of claims against shipbrokers are caused by a failure to take care who a message is addressed to. One example is the broker using the “reply” button, instead of “forward” in email communication. The result being that an...

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Delivery of container to wrong party

In November 2000, a liner agent accepted a booking of equipment for transportation from Europe to America. The cargo was in a single 40ft container. The booking was made by a freight forwarder. The bill of lading showed that the...

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Failure to obtain a receipt for equipment delivery

A ship agency office in the Far East reported a case regarding their local office’s failure to obtain evidence of delivering a consignment of goods to a vessel. The case involved a delivery of six portable gas detectors which...

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