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A classification society classed a ship from the time she was built until the end of 2015 when the ship switched to a new classification society. Four years later, the new classification society

A ship agent booked 10 containers to Houston, but after the containers had been discharged at Houston, Texas, it was discovered that they were intended for Houston, Pennsylvania.  The additional

ITIC were notified by a ship agency member, based in Canada, that they were owed over CAD 70,000 from a local company. The company were declared bankrupt and ITIC instructed lawyers to get the ship

A South American ship agent declared 47 transhipment cargoes to Customs. The declaration was made electronically and referred to a specific manifest. Less than a week later the agent mistakenly

ITIC is often asked whether a ship broker is entitled to claim their commission. It is very important to remember that each case should be considered on its own facts.

By Robert Hodge, General Manager, ITIC ITIC advised that managers should only become the responsible entity under the system if they were entirely comfortable with the liabilities and risks arising

IMO Resolution MSC.428(98) otherwise referred to as IMO 2021, requires managers to assess cyber risk and implement measures across all functions of their safety management system.

A commercial manager recently submitted a claim to ITIC after a routing oversight led to a significant financial loss on a coal voyage from Australia to Brazil. The chartering manager fixed a voyage

A port agent was asked by the Master of a ship what the sulphur requirements were at berth. The agent replied that fuel with an upper limit of 0.5% sulphur must be used, whereas in fact it was an

As ITIC’s leading aviation specialist, Melanie manages the development of ITIC’s aviation portfolio. Melanie has featured as a speaker at a number of conferences including the Malta Aviation