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8th March 2023 International Transport Intermediaries Club (ITIC) - a mutual insurer which provides professional indemnity cover for transport intermediaries operating in the marine, offshore,

Approximately 80% of all business communications are electronic. Agents (which terms includes ship agents, shipbrokers, ship managers and forwarding agents) will send many important documents by

By: Melanie Daglish, senior aviation underwriter at ITIC The charter and business aviation industries face significant challenges regarding staffing, particularly in hiring and retaining qualified

A ship agent who threatened to detain a ship because the owner had not remitted disbursements, allowed the ship to sail when he received a telex confirmation from a well known UK bank that the

Meana Green Maura, with offices in Madrid, Bilbao and Cadiz, has wide experience in shipping and transportation law, particularly in the dark art of ship arrest, both for members of ITIC and for

On 1 July 2004 the International Ship and Port Facility (ISPS) Code came into force. Although, as predicted, ships have been subjected to delays, detentions, inspections and increased costs, there

ITIC’s Andrew Jamieson and Melanie Thomas explain why a little knowledge can help prevent fraud Fraudsters use brokers, agents and ship managers as a vehicle for crime.  The result leaves them

In order to meet a shipment deadline on a feeder service, cargo had to be booked by twelve noon. The agent, however, went out to lunch without checking his e-mail messages until his return at 2pm.