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A commercial manager was held responsible by their principal for failing to arrange a pre-departure survey in respect of fouling of the hull. The ship had an extended stay at a port in a warm water

A commercial manager was held responsible by owners for failing to arrange a pre-departure survey for the fouling of the hull. The ship had had an extended stay at a port and that created a

A ship agent based in the USA was appointed by the owner of a ship due to arrive in Texas. The agent ordered a pilot for Monday as instructed by the ship. The purpose of the ship’s visit was to take

A shipbroker was involved in a fixture where the charterer needed a ship at a certain time. The charterer sent an email to the broker to narrow the laycan to 30 days but the broker was on holiday

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

A claim was made against a ship manager for alleged failure of their duty in the supervision of the crew leading to poor crew performance and a poor standard of maintenance. The claim brought forward

A ship agent was presented with a correctly endorsed bill of lading by the consignee’s nominated clearing agent and in line with usual procedures issued the Delivery Order for clearing the cargo. The

A ship manager managed two ships for the same owner pursuant to two BIMCO Shipman contracts. For one ship, the owners alleged that the managers mismanaged their ships by failing to identify

A chartering broker acted for the charterer of a ship. They agreed with the owner, via a Skype call, to pay a higher freight rate in exchange for the owner agreeing to split the Panama Canal transit

A pool manager fixed a ship to load a cargo of grain at a South American port. However they advised the owner of the pool of the wrong costs, which were then used to calculate freight. The manager