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28/09/2012

Put it in writing

ITIC has seen an increasing number of claims on its shipbroking members relating to the receipt and forwarding of messages. The following claim demonstrates the importance of accurate record keeping and the need to reconfirm...

28/09/2012

Incompatible cargoes

A commercial manager fixed a ship to load two parcels of chemicals. Unfortunately, after the fixture had been confirmed, it was discovered that two cargoes which could not be stowed next to one another had been booked. Although...

28/09/2012

Turbine trouble

Ship owners entered an agreement to carry a number of wind turbines. They instructed one of ITIC’s naval architect members to carry out work to enable the vessel to load the highest possible number of wind turbines. The member’s...

22/03/2012

Tonnes of trouble

A European liner agent took a booking for a consignment of engineering equipment to be transported by short sea to the Netherlands. The agent issued a bill of lading in accordance with the shipping instructions but included the...

22/03/2012

A date for your diaries

ITIC are hosting a cocktail reception in London on Thursday 27 September 2012 for all members, brokers and correspondents. This event coincides with the ITIC Board meeting in London and it will give you the opportunity to meet...

22/03/2012

Addendum Omission

Shipbrokers arranged a sub-charter. As is often the case the main terms of the sub-charter were fixed with the details “otherwise as per as the head charterparty”. The sub-charterer asked for a copy of the head charterparty for...

22/03/2012

A commission won and then defended

A Norwegian shipbroker made a claim against their principal for the commission on two newbuildings. The principal had appointed the member as their exclusive broker. The broker introduced the principal to a shipyard but the...
Failing to go cold turkey

22/03/2012

Failing to go cold turkey

A ship agent, arranging for the export of a consignment of frozen turkeys, mistakenly notified the line’s reefer engineers that the cargo needed to be carried at a temperature of +13 deg. C. instead of -25 deg. C.. The mistake...

22/03/2012

Collision causes a loss of commission

Shipbrokers fixed a bulk carrier for a time charter of 90 days.  The first voyage was via a port in Thailand where cargo was loaded for discharge at an African port.  Unfortunately, during the outward passage, the ship...

22/03/2012

Assumptions = Claims

A commercial manager arranged for a ship to load cargo at a port which the ship had not previously called and of which neither the commercial manager or the ship owner had any previous experience. The commercial manager...

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