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A claim reported to ITIC involved payments made by a ship manager to a parts supplier.  A fraudster was able to insert an email into the exchanges providing new bank details for the

Cash to master payments can also be intercepted. A member of staff in a ship management company was suspicious of a message asking if cash to master could be sent directly to the ship agent’s foreign

A yacht broker had successfully arranged a charter and received bank details from the owner for the payment of hire. Everything appeared to be in order, until the owner suddenly claimed to be

A shipbroker's failure to identify conflicting laycan clauses in a voyage charterparty led to a complex dispute and a US$100,000 claim, which ITIC has reimbursed. The case highlighted in ITIC’s

P&I correspondents are being urged to strengthen their payment verification procedures after a fraudster intercepted email communications during a sensitive crew claim and diverted a US$200,000

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

Our ref: 96/01 August 1996 TO: Members and their brokers Some years ago the Club included an article on the dangers attached to "pre-dating and clausing" of bills of lading in its

The parties then agreed to widen the permissible discharge range to include a Singapore - Malaysia option. The full recap contained the same wording regarding the cost of piracy cover. The ship

Some years ago the Club included an article on the dangers attached to "pre-dating and clausing" of bills of lading in its newsletter, "The Intermediary".  The Club issued a

A charterparty stated that “charterers shall give owners approximate 20/15/10/7/5/3 days’ notice including intended re-delivery port, thereafter 2/1 day(s) definite notice…” Charterers duly sent the