Claims examples

In Ship agency

01/03/1994

Agent sued for principal's debts

The agents were appointed as general agents in the UK for liner operators who went bankrupt owing approximately £7 million to their creditors. As is not unusual in such cases, some creditors of the line, including suppliers,...

01/03/1994

Release of cargo without original Bill of lading and against indemnity

The ship agent took delivery of a container of nickel silver scrap valued at US$ 34,222.80 on arrival at Calcutta from Kaohsiung.  Shortly after arrival the consignee, a sole trader, called at the agent's office claiming to...

01/03/1994

Agent joint in action for misdescription of origin

The carriers of a cargo of 21 x 40' containers of acetate tow, which was discharged at a U.S. port from Brazil, instructed their local agents to arrange for the goods to be reloaded into containers belonging to another shipping...

01/03/1994

Agent sued as co-carrier of cargo

The agent in Thailand was appointed to act for the Hong Kong owners of a ship which called at Bangkok to load a cargo of 13,300 MT of bagged rice for discharge in West Africa.  On completion of the loading, the agent signed...

01/03/1994

Contamination of tank container of wine

Member, acting as agent for the carrier, arranged for the provision of a tank container to a wine exporter for the shipment of 21,000 litres of wine from Australia to the USA.  On arrival, the consignee refused to take...

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...

01/03/1995

Failure to manifest correct freight

A liner agent Member in Australia was asked to quote for the freight payable on a number of containers of wool from Melbourne to Annaba, Algeria.  A price of AUD 211 per 1000 kgs was quoted verbally, but subsequently AUD...

01/03/1995

Frozen lobster in general stow

A linger agent Member in Taiwan booked a 20 foot reefer container of lobster from Keelung to Melbourne. When the agent prepared the stowage plan for the port of Keelung the container of lobster was shown as part of the general...

01/03/1995

Recovery of outstanding disbursements

A ship agent Member in Puerto Rico acted for charterers who operated a regular service between San Juan and Florida using a particular ship which called at San Juan two or three times each month.  The charterers informed the...

01/03/1995

Release of container of TV sets without original B/L

The German agent of a Far Eastern shipping line took delivery of four 40 foot containers, each holding 368 TV sets.  Each container was covered by a separate B/L which showed 'C' as the shipper and consignee "To...

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