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16/05/2023
A ship agent was asked by the owners of a ship which was in difficulties in the Atlantic to arrange tugs to attend to the ship. The agent arranged for tugs to attend the ship, but the ship subsequently sunk.
A ship was headed to a port of discharge to carry a petroleum product cargo. The charterparty contained a clause which allowed the charterers to change the port of discharge and subsequently the bills of lading in exchange for a Letter of Indemnity (LOI).
A yard contracted naval architects to provide designs for four identical hulls in the summer of 2021. The hulls were to be the basis of a passenger vessel, and three different owners were destined to take delivery of these.
Members, were shipbrokers between owners and charterers. Owners sent their demurrage claim to the shipbrokers to pass to the charterers. They sent it to the shipbroker’s operations email address by mistake.
A ship agent was appointed by owners who asked them to arrange a ship inspection for their ship which had been detained by the MCA (Marine and Coastguard Agency).
Matthew Offers, sits down to chat with the Claims Review editor, as part of this regular interview series in which we get to know ITIC’s claims handlers.
Managers were responsible for a ship between 2014 to 2017 subject to a shipman contract. After redelivery they were put on notice of a claim from the owners who alleged that they had suffered losses exceeding US$ 500,000 due to the managers’ negligence.
A yacht manager performed a successful coordination of a medical emergency response in respect of a crew member that felt ill. A helicopter collected the crew member from the yacht and took him to a hospital onshore. The costs, paid directly by the manager, were US$ 30,000.
An offshore surveying firm signed a contract with an oil company, for the provision of geophysical surveys and geotechnical surveys over certain gas fields.
Welcome to the May edition of ITIC’s Claims Review. The ITIC board met for their March board meeting in Singapore.