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…The International Transport Intermediaries Club (ITIC) has urged shipowners, charterers and brokers to be vigilant in reviewing bills of lading (BoL) for potential errors or oversights.  

… the common laycan provision that if it appears to charterers that the ship’s arrival at the loading port will be delayed charterers may require owners to say when they expect the ship to be ready to load.

… are traditional maritime liens. Claims resulting from the supply of necessaries, bunker supplies, port services and towage etc. do not give rise to a maritime lien under English or other common law…

…king of a cargo ship with tragic loss of life resulted in large claims by the bereaved families.  As the port of loading had been in the USA,  an American lawyer, employing the usual “scatter gun” approach,…

… in 2013 by a buyer to sample a cargo of 3,000 MT of Ukrainian sunflower seed cake at a discharge port in Spain under GAFTA Rules. There was an underlying dispute between the buyer and seller as to the…

… This requires all commercial vessels over 5,000 GT (with some exemptions) sailing to or from an EU port to report CO2 emissions and to surrender one carbon credit known as a European Allowance (EUA) for each…

… a pre-shipment inspection and to advise on loading and stowage. The cargo was loaded at a Malaysian port and the loading was overseen by the surveyor, who verbally notified the cargo interests of his…

… was short of six bundles. The Chief Officer tried to contact the shippers via sub-agents to report the short shipment but was unable to do so before the ship sailed.  In the circumstances the…

…A ship agency had persistent problems obtaining settlement of port disbursements from a recognised and important ship operator in Vietnam. They reported the problem under their ITIC, Rule 10, additional legal expenses…

… the freight rate on the basis of the shorter period the broker had given. The vessel was delayed in port. The laytime commenced later than the owner anticipated and the eventual shortfall in demurrage was…