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The wrong box

… from cargo interests in connection with a cargo claim. The…

Commercial manager caught by “scatter gun”

… who had even a remote connection with the ill-fated…

ITIC circular: Coronavirus loss prevention checklist

… more time. 3. Internet connection: not all of us working…

The cost of Unrestrained Access to the Internet by the crew

It was the policy of a shipping company to upgrade the communications packages on all their time chartered and owned vessels from systems which provided e-mail and satellite telephone communications

Turkish trouble

The Turkish office of an international agency group was appointed to handle a ship’s call at their local port. The owner was an existing customer of the group but had not called at that Turkish port

Email fraud

A ship agent received an e-mail from who they thought was their principal, but the agent had failed to notice that the e-mail address was slightly different to the correct address. The e-mail

Put it in writing

ITIC has seen an increasing number of claims on its shipbroking members relating to the receipt and forwarding of messages. The following claim demonstrates the importance of accurate record keeping

RULE 6 - Indemnity

Is it counter-signed by a first class bank? A shipowner sought to recover from his agent who had released cargo against indemnities countersigned by the failed BCCI bank.  The agent had

A failure to arrange insurance

A ship manager was appointed commercial manager of a ship by its time charterers on the basis of BIMCO Shipman 1998. One of the ship manager’s duties was to arrange insurances if required. The time