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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

Misdescription of cargo capacity of vessel

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...

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

Boxship or tweendecker?

A shipbroker Member had represented the same charterer for many years and the same broker had always handled the account. The business involved fixtures for cargoes of borax for which the charterers required ships with box...

01/03/1995

Broker's failure to pass voyage instructions to correct party

The broker acted for a chartering company with offices in the USA and Europe, and the agreement between them required the broker to advise the US company of the status of the charter arrangements for all shipments to 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...

01/03/1995

Nineteenth-century yacht sinks

A marine surveyor was instructed to determine the suitability for towage to a drydock of a steel hulled yacht built in the nineteenth century. The surveyor produced his preliminary report which stated that, although the...

01/03/1995

Theft of loaded vehicles from road haulier's premises

An Italian freight forwarder was instructed by shippers to transport a consignment of copper pipes from a factory in Brescia to the load port, La Spezia, for onward shipment to Algiers. The forwarder instructed haulier 'A'...

01/03/1995

Ship manager makes late payment of release P&I call

The former manager of a ship which had been sold received a debit note for the P&I release call. The terms of payment of the release call were that failure to pay by a specified date would result in a substantial...

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Failure to manifest correct freight

Misdescription of cargo capacity of vessel

Frozen lobster in general stow

Recovery of outstanding disbursements

Boxship or tweendecker?

Broker's failure to pass voyage instructions to correct party

Release of container of TV sets without original B/L

Nineteenth-century yacht sinks

Theft of loaded vehicles from road haulier's premises

Ship manager makes late payment of release P&I call

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