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… booked four packages of spare parts and materials for a road construction project for an East African port. The packages were stowed on deck by the carrier and the mate’s receipt was marked accordingly.…

…The port agent who is unfortunate enough to be appointed by the owner or charterer of a ship which is arrested immediately it arrives at the port, can face unforeseen and adverse consequences. The arrest is often by a…

…International Transport Intermediaries Club (ITIC) says that mistakes in arranging so-called ‘telex releases’ are a frequent and growing source of claims against ship agents. ITIC points out that this practice – whereby…

… cites the case of a ship agent which incorrectly calculated two pro-forma invoices in respect of port dues, using the cheaper rate for a cargo of malt, rather than the rate for the cargo of wheat booked for…

…A ship agent received notification from their principal that the port of destination had issued new regulations specifying that ships carrying specific dangerous cargo would not be permitted to enter particular berths.

… since 1985. One of the issues that consistently arose was the ‘sale deficit suits’ filed by the major ports against, amongst others, ship/steamer agents for the recovery of the deficit or short-fall in the sale…

… of pro forma disbursements to the disponent owner one week prior to the arrival of the ship at the port, but no response was received and no funds were remitted.  The agent, feeling that he was in safe…

… after the fixture had been concluded it was realised that the Italian broker had given the discharge port as Liverpool.  Garston is part of Liverpool, but is a separate port in the River Mersey which is…

…73 containers were carried from Saudi Arabia to Benghazi on a "free-out" basis (i.e. all port charges to be paid by the consignee). However, due to a clerical error on the part of the line's agent in Saudi…

…A port agent was appointed by the owners of a chemical tanker to attend a vessel in respect of a call at a European port. As the agent did not have an office at that particular port, they engaged their usual sub-agent…