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01/03/1995

Ship manager orders repairs in the name of the wrong company

Scandinavian ship managers were appointed as technical managers of a tanker owned by a K/S limited partnership. The management agreement was originally between the ship managers and the shipowning company but was...

01/03/1995

Agent offers to settle claim in wrong currency

A liner agent in France acted for one partner in a joint service from North America to Northern Europe. In their capacity as agents for the joint service partner the agents received a claim from the insurers for wet damage...

01/03/1994

Agent's liability to authorities

An agent at Karachi acted for charterers of a vessel which arrived at the port and was discharging a heavy package on to a barge which sank, taking the cargo with it. The Karachi Port Authority held the agent liable for the...

01/03/1994

Agent sued for principal's debts

The agents were appointed as general agents in the UK for liner operators who went bankrupt owing approximately £7 million to their creditors. As is not unusual in such cases, some creditors of the line, including suppliers,...

01/03/1994

Alleged wrongful cancellation of charter party

Brokers were authorised by charterers in South America to fix a ship for a time charter voyage from Uruguay to Peru with a cargo of bagged rice. The charterer stipulated that the ship had to present at the load port by 8th...

01/03/1994

Release of cargo without original Bill of lading and against indemnity

The ship agent took delivery of a container of nickel silver scrap valued at US$ 34,222.80 on arrival at Calcutta from Kaohsiung. Shortly after arrival the consignee, a sole trader, called at the agent's office claiming to...

01/03/1994

Lloyd's Agent's liability for cargo survey

A Lloyd's agent was instructed to carry out pre-shipment surveys on twelve consignments of frozen swordfish chunks and the surveys were completed over a period of approximately four months. The buyer required the agent to...

01/03/1994

Agent joint in action for misdescription of origin

The carriers of a cargo of 21 x 40' containers of acetate tow, which was discharged at a U.S. port from Brazil, instructed their local agents to arrange for the goods to be reloaded into containers belonging to another shipping...

01/03/1994

Agent sued as co-carrier of cargo

The agent in Thailand was appointed to act for the Hong Kong owners of a ship which called at Bangkok to load a cargo of 13,300 MT of bagged rice for discharge in West Africa. On completion of the loading, the agent signed...

01/03/1994

Contamination of tank container of wine

Member, acting as agent for the carrier, arranged for the provision of a tank container to a wine exporter for the shipment of 21,000 litres of wine from Australia to the USA. On arrival, the consignee refused to take...

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Ship manager orders repairs in the name of the wrong company

Agent offers to settle claim in wrong currency

Agent's liability to authorities

Agent sued for principal's debts

Alleged wrongful cancellation of charter party

Release of cargo without original Bill of lading and against indemnity

Lloyd's Agent's liability for cargo survey

Agent joint in action for misdescription of origin

Agent sued as co-carrier of cargo

Contamination of tank container of wine

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