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A South American port agent was asked by the owners of a vessel to provide a quote for the costs of discharging a shipment of project cargo. The agent reviewed the port authority’s official tariffs,

A maritime engineering consultant was engaged on a Boil-Off Gas (commonly referred to as “BOG”) Compressor Project. Their involvement included the design of the oil lube pump piping in the

A ship agent in Australia was responsible for passing instructions to the Master of a bulk carrier received from both the ship owners and the shippers regarding the quantity of coal to be loaded for

Ship brokers were owed commission by the owners of a ship which regularly called at Cape Town. The owners had ignored requests for payment from both the brokers and ITIC. A lawyer in South Africa was

A surveyor was appointed by an insurance company to assess damage suffered by a yacht following a heavy storm. The insurance company did not confirm cover and the yacht owner issued legal

A chartering broker described the ship’s four previous loads as being “grain”. On this basis, the charterers confirmed the fixture with the owners. However, the last cargo was actually fishmeal, and

A ship was being fixed to transport a cargo of caustic soda. During the negotiations, the ship owner contacted the local port agent to enquire as to the restrictions, if any, at the port. There were

A port agent was appointed by the charterer and cargo owners, for the call of a ship carrying biomass (wood pellets) to a UK port. The agent in turn appointed stevedores at the port to handle the

A ship was fixed to load a cargo of peas. The ship agent produced all the necessary documentation for the shipment. Unfortunately, they described the cargo as “116 shipments of peas” instead of the

A consultant geophysical surveyor was on board a client’s vessel performing a survey. Whilst measuring sound velocity in the water using a device owned by the client, the surveyor tied the measuring