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… recently published a new agreement for use by ship agents. The agreement is intended to cover one-off port calls and sets out the parties’ obligations in a short and simple way. ITIC’s claims director, Andrew…

…A South American port agent was asked by the owners of a vessel to provide a quote for the costs of discharging a shipment of project cargo.

…A port agent was appointed by the charterer and cargo owners, for the call of a ship carrying biomass (wood pellets) to a UK port.

…In early 2011 a ship agent at a tidal port in Japan was asked to provide a tide table to enable the owner of a ship to calculate the permissible drafts for the dates his ship was due to berth at the port. The ship agent…

… during a three month period the cargo manifest had been incomplete on the line’s system. This led to port storage and demurrage charges being incurred at the port of discharge. The line subsequently held the…

…A ship arrived in port and due to previously agreed arrangements, began discharging cargo prior to obtaining free pratique. This is known as a “quick start”.

…Notice of readiness was tendered by a ship on arriving at a port in the Middle East. The local port agent then submitted all the relevant cargo declarations, which included a document which the agent had translated into…

…The port agent generally has to put up a customs bond to allow a vessel to call at a US port. A small bulk carrier sailed from Haiti bound for Florida and entered the port of Tampa under the auspices of the Tampa…

…A European liner agent took a booking for a consignment of engineering equipment to be transported by short sea to the Netherlands. The agent issued a bill of lading in accordance with the shipping instructions but…

…Due to local port requirements a ship was required to be escorted through restricted waters into and out of a port by a tug. The owner asked the ship agent to arrange for the tug on their behalf and to invoice them…