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… before the vessel leaves for international waters. A foreign flagged ship was operating between two ports in Venezuela under such a temporary admission permit. The ship’s agent, a member of ITIC, failed to…

… amendments to the 1974 Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) Convention including The International Ship and Port Facilities Security (ISPS) Code. The ISPS Code applies a series of measures to strengthen maritime…

… her first cargo at Keelung, Taiwan and the commercial manager ordered the master to proceed to that port. The ship was arrested on arrival at Keelung because Taiwanese law prohibits ships from sailing to…

… the sub-agent received bills of lading for a shipment of logs in several lots from a New Zealand port and simultaneously received from the general agent bill of lading amendments. The bills, which were…

…A 40ft reefer container laden with 12 tons of frozen pastry and baking dough in pallets was booked to be transported from Europe to the Middle East via the port of Antwerp. The cargo was loaded in the container by the…

… a ship for a ballast voyage. The plan was simple: the containers would be shipped empty to a second port, where they would be stuffed with cargo and continue their journey. However, a clerical error in the…

…The Turkish office of an international agency group was appointed to handle a ship’s call at their local port. The owner was an existing customer of the group but had not called at that Turkish port before. Turkish…

… The lack of crew changes in a pandemic made for a very miserable existence, which has been well reported.

Port agents in Hong Kong represented a container ship calling at Kwai Chung Container Terminal. Once discharge and loading operations were completed the ship sailed for her next port, Shanghai. During the call a service…

… a ship agent in West Africa sign a Letter of Indemnity in his favour before the ship arrived at the port. The Letter of Indemnity was, according to the ship owner, a requirement of the ISPS Code and provided…