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08/10/2019

Code chaos

A shipper booked a shipment of 17 containers from Germany to China via Rotterdam, destination Jiangyin Terminal Fuzhou. The correct location code with the shipping line for this destination was CN JGY indicating the cargo was for Jiangyin International Container terminal, Fuzhou Fujian.

08/10/2019

Weight watchers

Ship agents were contacted by owners whose ship was being fixed to discharge at a West African port. Owners advised that they were intending to discharge 10 large tanks, each weighing 69 metric tons.

08/10/2019

Dated description

Shipbrokers involved in negotiating period business received a revised description from the owners. The difference was that the original description described the ship as doing “abt 14 knots on abt 32 mt IFO” while the revision added “+ AE 2.6 mt”.

08/10/2019

Cancellation confusion

Shipbrokers had arranged a voyage charter. They noted that the ship appeared to be delayed and would not make the original laydays. After discussing the options the broker understood that both the owners and charterers agreed to cancel the fixture.

08/10/2019

Copy Cat

A naval architect was approached by a customer to design a catamaran workboat. The customer provided the naval architect with a plan of their existing workboat and requested the final design and specification was to be based on that boat.

04/04/2019

Passport perils

A cruise ship called at one of the Canary Islands. Prior to the ship’s arrival, the agent provided the Spanish border authorities with a passenger list indicating 15 South American nationals would be among those landing.

04/04/2019

An e-mail error

A charterparty was arranged by a ship broker which included a clause stating that “charterers to declare 15 day laycan latest 30 days prior to the opening day of the first layday.”

04/04/2019

Check what’s required by class

A yacht broker and manager acted for a client who wanted to purchase a yacht for family use but which he would also be able to charter out commercially.

04/04/2019

A bogus bill

A liner agent released a cargo of ceramics that had been shipped from the Far East when presented with what they assumed was the original bill of lading. It later transpired that the bill of lading was a forgery.

04/04/2019

Declaration duplication

A South American ship agent declared 47 transhipment cargoes to Customs. The declaration was made electronically and referred to a specific manifest. Less than a week later the agent mistakenly entered declarations for the same cargoes but referenced a different manifest.

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Code chaos

Weight watchers

Dated description

Cancellation confusion

Copy Cat

Passport perils

An e-mail error

Check what’s required by class

A bogus bill

Declaration duplication

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