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Safety Management System (“SMS”) failure

An inspector of CARB - California Air Resources Board (the clean air agency of the state of California) – boarded a ship in July 2011 managed by an ITIC Member at the Los Angeles Terminal. The Chief

ITIC warns shipmanagers about liability for signing purchase orders

… are acting, not only in connection with purchase orders…

Fraud alert

Fraud alert

For a number of years one of ITIC’s members had acted as a charterer’s broker for a steel trading company. They were asked to find a ship to lift a cargo of steel coils and circulated the requirement

Cows come home

A container of frozen beef was carried on a liner service between Australia and China. Seven days after the ship departed Australia, the shipper realised that they had failed to obtain the necessary

ITIC Circular: Fraud Warning - April 2016

ITIC issued circulars to members in 2014 and 2015 in relation to the fraudulent diversion of port expenses, hire/freight payments and cash to master expenses through interception of email

A sinking feeling

A naval architect was approached by a research and development company who had produced a prototype “wave power generator” (WPG), a floating device used to convert ocean wave energy into electricity

ITIC's Standard Terms & Conditions for surveyors & consultants

… Surveyor/Consultant in connection with instructions…

Unpaid disbursements

Unpaid disbursements

A ship agent was appointed by the owners of a detained ship to arrange an inspection at a port. The port authority advised that the required inspection form and fee had to be submitted

Ask the Editor

Ask the Editor

Please continue to send in your questions – we are enjoying them. You can email us at askeditorCR@thomasmiller.com My commission is being withheld due to the charterers failing to pay demurrage. Can

MARITIME LIENS

… or on water, in direct connection with the operation of…