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06/04/2021

Pumice problem

A port agent was appointed by the charterer and cargo owners, for the call of a ship carrying biomass (wood pellets) to a UK port.
An unhap-pea shipper

06/04/2021

An unhap-pea shipper

A ship was fixed to load a cargo of peas. The ship agent produced all the necessary documentation for the shipment. Unfortunately, they described the cargo as “116 shipments of peas” instead of the 1160 shipments of peas the shippers had delivered.

06/04/2021

Crew change catastrophe!

A shipbroker fixed a time charter trip in the Far East. There was a term in the charterparty that there could be “no crew change on the laden voyage”.

06/04/2021

Failure to obtain free pratique proves costly

A ship arrived in port and due to previously agreed arrangements, began discharging cargo prior to obtaining free pratique. This is known as a “quick start”.

06/04/2021

Testing times

A ship was put into Manila anchorage en route to a discharge port for a crew change as there were Filipino crew on board. The crew change at Manila was organised by the ship manager, through an appointed port agent. All the prescribed Covid-19 protocols were followed.

06/04/2021

Fuel fraud

A ship was coming off hire from a previous charterer who, under that charter, was also responsible for returning the ship with a set quantity of bunkers. The returning charterer put the broker in contact with their usual shipbroker in China as it made sense for that supplier to provide all of the bunkers (part funded by the first charterer, and part by the owner).

06/04/2021

Sent to the scrap heap

A vessel was purchased and secured at a dock by the new owner. Whilst there it was described as an “eye sore” and was in danger of sinking, leaking pollutants and/or colliding with moving vessels.

20/10/2020

Welcome to the Autumn edition of ITIC’s Claims Review

Welcome to the Autumn edition of ITIC’s Claims Review. Since the last edition we all seem to have been subject to various forms of lockdowns and travel restrictions, with many of us working from our homes.

20/10/2020

Costly courtesy

An ITIC member acted as a marine consultant, stowage and lashing planning advisor for the stowage of steel coils.

20/10/2020

Big trouble in China

A ship manager oversaw the repairs of a ship at a shipyard in China. On August 10th 2018 the ship manager received an email from “Azula” at the shipyard concerning the first payment due for the repairs.

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