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… according to the initial schedule before going on annual leave. They handed over all upcoming port calls and schedules, including the special call, to their team. After the employee went on leave, the…

…A ship was put into Manila anchorage en route to a discharge port for a crew change as there were Filipino crew on board. The crew change at Manila was organised by the ship manager, through an appointed port agent. All…

…A ship agent was contacted by charterers. The charterers asked the agent to obtain a quote from a local port on how much it would cost to discharge two parcels weighing 70mt using the shore crane. The agent contacted…

…An English port agent was nominated by a charterer with whom they did significant amounts of business. The agent was instructed by the charterer to release a steel cargo without production of the original bill of…

…A port agent was owed US$ 190,000 by a lumber company, the consignee of a cargo of lumber, in respect of both storage and demurrage charges.

…A port agent at the discharge port received a cargo of potatoes which became the subject of a dispute between the ship owner and the consignee.  The owner claimed the right to hold the potatoes as the cheque paying…

…Three containers of pork were shipped from one European port to another. The containers were discharged from the ship, but the discharge port agent had overlooked the instructions to keep the container on power and…

… contacted the Immigration Authorities to ask them to remove the stowaway, but failed to notify the port authorities to obtain a time extension for leaving the berth. As a result of vessel’s delay in leaving…

…A ship agent was advised by the local pilots’ association that ships arriving or departing the port needed to give two hours’ notice for pilot services instead of one.

…A ship was being fixed to transport a cargo of caustic soda.