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01/01/2007

Too much to master

The owner of a ship requested its agent in Argentina to deliver USD20,000 to the master. The agent took every precaution in delivering the cash, using security guards and an armoured car. On arrival at the ship, however, the...

01/01/2007

Defective manufacture or defective design

A naval architect was instructed to design a vessel, to be used in a successful commercial passenger service, which could reach speeds of up to 20 knots in reasonable weather conditions. During sea trials in extremely...

01/01/2007

Check the ship before taking it on!

A ship manager accepted the management of a ship, but had not inspected it. In fact due to a high staff turnover in their technical department, nobody from the managers visited the ship. The owners went on board some ten months...

01/01/2007

The wrong box

A commercial ship manager received legal papers from cargo interests in connection with a cargo claim. The commercial managers immediately notified the lawyers for the cargo interests that they were “managers only” for the ship...

01/01/2007

Too tall to ship

A German commercial manager fixed eight specially designed “blade containers” from Spain to a port in southern Italy. Four of these containers were to be stowed under deck and four on deck in two tiers. During loading operations,...

01/01/2007

No bunkers in Jeddah

A bunker broker was instructed by a tanker owner to arrange bunkers at Jeddah. The broker agreed a price verbally with the bunker supplier’s agent in Greece, and sent a confirmation by e-mail to the suppliers in Jeddah....

01/03/2006

Tony Payne

Tony Payne, ITIM’s managing director, is retiring at the end of March 2006. Tony started life as a ship agent in both Singapore and Jeddah, which uniquely qualified him to manage a Club whose membership includes most of the...

01/03/2006

Ask before agreeing

ITIC is always available to give a practical view of documents that you are asked to sign. ITIC will shortly be circulating a Guide to Ship Agency Contracts and a Guide to Ship Management Contracts. ITIC regularly review a wide...

01/03/2006

Charterparty territorial exclusions

In the previous section, one of the claims arose because the insurance policy excluded Cuba. Territorial exclusions in charterparties regularly give rise to claims against shipbrokers and managers. A pool manager fixed a ship...

01/03/2006

Ship managers - errors when arranging insurance

One of the duties undertaken by ship managers is to arrange insurances. Shipman 98 provides that this shall be “on such terms and conditions as the owners shall have instructed or agreed, in particular regarding conditions,...

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