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01/02/1996
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...
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...
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...
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...
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
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...
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...
A shipbroker Member acted for owners in the fixing of their ship to charterers. Unfortunately, when describing the cargo capacity of the ship, the figure of 119,995 cubic metres was given by the Member, whereas the correct...
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...
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...