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31/05/1999
A U.S. liner agent when keying into his computer details of special instructions to the line’s terminal for the care and handling of containerised cargo, entered a “3” instead of an “8” when recording the number of a container to...
An agent mixed up two container numbers on the line’s stowage plan, which resulted in dangerous cargo, which should have been carried on deck, being stowed under deck. When the ship reached the hub port, smoke was emerging...
The Spanish agent for a shipping line arranged for a container which held two separate packages each containing 322 radio cassette recorders shipped from Hong Kong to be loaded on a feeder ship from a Spanish port to the final...
A London ship broker acting for a Turkish charterer, arranged a fixture, through an intermediate broker in Denmark, of a ship to load bagged urea at Istanbul. The charterer provided information about his financial...
A ship was fixed, via an Italian ship broker, to carry steel pipes from Toronto to Garston, United Kingdom. The day after the fixture had been concluded it was realised that the Italian broker had given the discharge port...
The sinking of a cargo ship with tragic loss of life resulted in large claims by the bereaved families. As the port of loading had been in the USA, an American lawyer, employing the usual “scatter gun” approach,...
The technical manager of a tanker which he had managed for three years, found himself on the receiving end of a claim from the owner for US$ 1,400,000. Multiple claims were made, mostly without any particular merit,...
One of the most important aspects of ITIC’s insurance is the payment of legal costs. Even if the Member has absolutely no liability for the claim against him, a defence has to be prepared and the costs can be...
When port employees went on strike at a South American port, 50 containers of orange juice had to wait two weeks on the dock until the next ship sailed. The sheer volume of reefer cargo which congested the strike-bound port...
A firm of cargo superintendents sampled a shipment of wheat bound for France. The samples were sent to a laboratory for testing for various specifications, which included moisture, protein and admixture. The samples...