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The standard ship management agreement, BIMCO Shipman, has been around for over 20 years. The current version is BIMCO Shipman 98 and it is expected that another version will be published very

A bunker broker received an order from a ship operator for a stem of fuel oil and marine diesel oil. The operator provided the specifications and quoted the bunker clause from the relevant

After almost thirty years in the business, ITIC’s Claims Director, Julia Mavropoulos, has retired. On the last day of 2004, Julia Mavropoulos, Claims Director of ITIC for the past eleven years,

A Danish liner agent  booked four reefer containers of margarine from the same manufacturer, destined for two different consignees in different towns in Russia.  Two of the containers held

A ship agent was contacted by charterers. The charterers asked the agent to obtain a quote from a local port on how much it would cost to discharge two parcels weighing 70mt using the shore crane.

A ship agent failed to spot that a bill of lading had specific instructions to arrange the delivery of 10 containers of cargo to the port’s free zone, where the consignee would have enjoyed a free

A ship was proceeding to the discharge port. The agent at the discharge port advised the shipper that the maximum draft was 40ft. As this ship was just under 41ft it made an interim call to unload

P&I Club Letter of Guarantee International Group Wording Ship:  M.V. “......................” Incident: Date: In consideration of your releasing from arrest and/or refraining from

This spring edition of the Claims Review is published to coincide with the March 2014 meeting of ITIC's Directors in Singapore. It contains a warning to shipbrokers about the dangers of using more

The new edition of the Claims Review can now be read online.  This edition was produced to coincide with the recent ITIC Board meeting held in Fremantle, Australia. It contains a warning