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24/04/2018

Dunnage disposal

A ship agent in Australia was asked by their principal to arrange for the disposal of dunnage and other materials related to the packing of cargo upon the ship’s arrival. Australia has strict local quarantine regulations.

24/04/2018

Option omission

Ship brokers fixed a charter party that contained an option for a second voyage. They failed to pass on the charterer’s message declaring the second leg option which had to be declared upon completion of loading of the first voyage.

24/04/2018

Lifeboat overboard...

A lifeboat was discovered to be missing by the crew at 07.00 one morning. It had evidently fallen overboard during the preceding night. The Master reported the lifeboat as missing and it was eventually found drifting off the port of Naze in Japan.

27/09/2017

25 years of claims

Since this is ITIC’s 25th year we asked our longer serving members of staff to recall some of the more unusual situations ITIC had dealt with over the last 25 years. The following are three of our favourites.

27/09/2017

Standard trading conditions

ITIC has promoted the use of trading conditions by its members. Where these are not produced by industry bodies ITIC has produced suggested wordings available free of charge. These include...

27/09/2017

Demurrage dispute doesn’t delay commission

Ship brokers arranged a voyage charter between Rotterdam and the Far East. The charterparty was subject to English law, based on the Asbatankvoy form, and provided that the brokers would receive 1.25% commission.

27/09/2017

Manager’s maintenance matters

A ship manager was responsible for the technical management of a bulk carrier which called regularly at an Australian port to load iron ore.

27/09/2017

Devil in the detail

The commercial manager of a tanker arranged a voyage charter. The fixture was recorded in a recap message and was based on the BP Voy 4 form of charterparty with a large number of amendments and additional clauses.

27/09/2017

Resample required

As part of a pipeline project a surveyor carried out geotechnical sampling which required the collection of samples at numerous stations. Unfortunately the surveyor did not follow proper procedures in handling some of the core samples for laboratory tests.

27/09/2017

All in the timing

A ship agent was advised by the local pilots’ association that ships arriving or departing the port needed to give two hours’ notice for pilot services instead of one.

Claims Review

Dunnage disposal

Option omission

Lifeboat overboard...

25 years of claims

Standard trading conditions

Demurrage dispute doesn’t delay commission

Manager’s maintenance matters

Devil in the detail

Resample required

All in the timing

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