News & Events

22/02/2021

ITIC circular: Changes to bank details

ITIC has previously issued circulars warning members of fraudulent messages altering bank details. Unfortunately ITIC has continued to receive reports of these frauds and accordingly is reminding members to be vigilant.

10/02/2021

Webinar: French naval architecture claims

Please note that this webinar will be in French. La responsabilité professionnelle (actuelle ou prétendue) de l’architecte navale ; quand ça se passe mal, qui paye pour les pots cassés?

03/02/2021

Webinar: Virtual robbery - cyber fraud

ITIC, in association with Ince, are delighted to invite you to the webinar 'Virtual robbery - ITIC cyber fraud webinar' on Wednesday 24 February at 1000 (London time).

21/01/2021

Webinar recording: Arresting developments - debt recovery

ITIC’s Mark Brattman discusses ship arrest in the Netherlands, the Middle East and the USA with George Chalos of Chalos & Co, Mohamed El Hawawy of Ince & Co Middle East (Dubai) and Richard van ’t Zelfde of Caland Advocaten.

19/01/2021

Ship Management International column - Cyber risk on managed ships - IMO 2021 – be prepared!

The following article appears in the November/December 2020 edition of Ship International. Earlier this year we wrote an article for Ship Management International on the low sulphur rules with the introduction of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) 2020. Now ship managers have yet another date to focus their attention on which is IMO 2021, cyber risk management.

12/01/2021

Press release: The phone remains a useful weapon against fraud, advises ITIC

Cyber-crime connected with fraudulent demands for payments continue to plague the maritime sector as a large claim handled by the International Transport Intermediaries Club (ITIC) demonstrates.

07/01/2021

ITIC circular: Payment of premium

We are increasingly noticing that payments of premium are being sent to the wrong bank account (UK and not Europe), being made for the wrong amount or are being paid with insufficient details to enable the accurate allocation of the cash against the ledgers.

07/12/2020

Press release: Don’t trust important information to individual emails, says ITIC

The International Transport Intermediaries Club (ITIC) warns of the dangers of allowing important information to be sent to individual email addresses with no back-up.

17/11/2020

Webinar: Insurance broker briefing 2.0

ITIC’s commercial director Charlotte Kirk and broker development manager Kevin Sandom are delighted to invite you to the webinar 'Broker Briefing 2.0' on Tuesday 1 December at 10.00am (London time).

02/11/2020

Press release: People traffickers target ship agents, warns ITIC

ITIC - International Transport Intermediaries Club – is warning its ship and port agent members to be aware of approaches from people traffickers attempting to smuggle illegal immigrants through their ports.

28/10/2020

ITIC circular: Crew scam warning 2020

ITIC has just helped a Northern European member to avoid falling victim to a scam by people smugglers trying to cover the movement of illegal migrants.

22/10/2020

Press release: ITIC warns against letting speed affect accuracy

To maintain flexibility, charterers often request that the shipbroker fix the vessels to discharge at a specified number of ports within a defined range. But it’s important that the broker clearly understands the definition of that range and which ports it includes.