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… temperature of the containers at ‘ -5.0° C’. However, before sailing the Master queried the figure with port agent, as he was concerned that the fruit was being carried at -5.0° C . The agent confirmed that the…

…A ship agent in Central America was arranging for a ship to call at two separate ports before the final destination. Shortly before loading the agent received revised instructions that 10 containers originally destined…

…ip agent in the Far East was approached by an owner asking for details of the maximum draft at a jetty at the port. The person in the agent’s office who usually dealt with calls at the jetty had recently left the…

…A port agent in the Middle East appointed stevedores on behalf of the shipowner. It was only when he sent the invoice to the shipowner that the agent discovered that the cargo had been booked on a “free out” basis (i.e.…

… an increase in claims against ship agencies. For example, in Saudi Arabia there was the case of a port agent being held accountable by port authorities for a vessel grounding; in Qatar there was an agent…

…When port employees went on strike at a South American port, 50 containers of orange juice had to wait two weeks on the dock until the next ship sailed.  The sheer volume of reefer cargo which congested the…

… The underlying sale agreement was on GAFTA terms and the certificate issued on the basis of the load port test was binding on the buyer.  Ten months later the cargo superintendents were sued for an amount…

…ner agents frequently have to arrange for cargo to be released against bills of lading surrendered at the loadport – the so called “Telex Release”. This type of release is risky as no bill of lading is collected at the…

…In response to the fall in global freight rates, ITIC has noticed that some port authorities are attempting to place greater responsibility on local ship agents. We have recently seen one communication from a port…

… the information in the owner’s software system before the cargo arrived at the first transhipment port. The agent forgot to advise their agency office in the transhipment port about these changes and as a…