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01/02/1996

Negligent Advice

A bunker broker, representing the owner, whose vessel was fixed on charter to load at Rotterdam for discharge at Durban, advised that the owner should bunker at Durban where the prices were, at that time, cheaper.  As a...

01/02/1996

Caught in the Middle

A port agent at the discharge port received a cargo of potatoes which became the subject of a dispute between the ship owner and the consignee.  The owner claimed the right to hold the potatoes as the cheque paying the...

01/02/1996

Incorrect instructions for reefer temperature setting

A port agent in the UK received a container list from his principal's South American agent which included two containers of frozen meat shipped at -18oC.  When this information was transferred to the agent's computer system...

01/02/1996

Liability of marine surveyor

A marine surveyor received a telephone call from a marine insurance broker requesting the survey and valuation of a 17 year old yacht for insurance purposes.  He was told that the yacht had just been sold for A$ 95,000 and...

01/02/1996

Agent's liability for US customs duty

A US port agent received a notice from the US Customs Service of its intention to impose a fine on one of the agent's US tramp principals.  It was alleged that the principal had  failed to pay duty on foreign repairs to...

01/02/1996

Incorrect clausing of bill of lading

A company was appointed as a sub-agent by the general agent of a shipping line and instructed to complete the documentation on its behalf for most of the chartered ships represented by them.  In that capacity, the sub-agent...

01/02/1996

Recovery of broker's commission under COA

A shipbroker Member asked the Club for assistance to recover approximately US$ 250,000 commission owed under a contract of affreightment.  The owner was reported to be experiencing financial difficulties and there was some...

01/02/1996

Failure to check status of owners

A shipbroker Member in Italy, acting on behalf of a Swiss charterer, fixed a ship to carry a cargo of soya pellets from Argentina to Tunisia with arrival at the load port to be between 18 and 22 September.  The Member was...

01/02/1996

Negligence claim against ship managers

A Member was appointed as technical ship manager of a cruise ship for a period of 2 1/2 years and thereafter was only responsible for placing the hull and P&I insurances and handling claims. A few months after the manager's...

01/03/1995

Container of glass detained in Jakarta

A liner agent Member in the UK received two separate requests from the same glass manufacturer for opentop containers to be positioned at their premises for loading with high-tech glass and thereafter carriage to the Far East on...

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