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A young trainee shipbroker, no more than a few months in the job, attended a function at a major industry conference. He was introduced to a young associate attorney from a prominent local law firm.

A liner agent was responsible for cargo booking, ship handling and the completion of documentation on behalf of their principal. On six separate occasions during a three month period the cargo

A ship agent in Central America was arranging for a ship to call at two separate ports before the final destination. Shortly before loading the agent received revised instructions that 10 containers

A ship manager managed a ship for a very short period of time (six months) subject to a Shipman contract. The ship was over 12 years old when their management started. A claim was made against the

ITIC makes it a condition for its ship management Members to be co-assured because ship managers are deemed to be the operator in many jurisdictions around the world. By being named on the hull and P

Sometimes the Club’s surveying members will be asked by the ship owner to sign indemnities, disclaimers, waivers or releases before they perform a job for their principal by the ship owner before the

Personal claims against individual directors and officers can be brought by staff who may allege discrimination on the grounds of age, gender, religion etc or that they have had their employment

If you are using a ship management agreement subject to English law, it is acceptable to use a standard limitation of liability clause as set out in the various BIMCO Shipman contracts. However, if

Hire payments are attractive targets for fraudsters.  ITIC was advised by a Norwegian shipbroker who had managed to avoid an attempt to steal a monthly hire payment. The broker questioned a

Our Ref: 97/02 3rd April 1998 To Shipbroker Members and their Insurance Brokers Members will be aware that the first key date for implementation of the ISM Code is 1st July 1998. Many of our