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Fraud, and particularly documentary fraud, is becoming increasingly sophisticated and even with the best systems in the world may not be detected. However, most of ITIC's Members are agents (in one

International Transport Intermediaries Club (ITIC) has explained how a ship manager was recently asked to pay $436,000 in communication costs as the result of an error which unwittingly allowed the

International Transport Intermediaries Club (ITIC) has emphasised the potentially costly consequences of any failure on the part of shipping intermediaries to confirm in writing any initiatives

A ship agent in the USA failed to update a local tug company of a change to a vessel’s departure time. This resulted in the tug being prematurely dispatched to assist the ship. The tug company

A container of deep frozen salmon was discharged from a ship at a port in Scandinavia. ITIC’s ship agent member acted as agents for the carriers. All foodstuffs entering the EU from outside the EU

A ship agent took delivery of a cargo which was stored in a temporary storage warehouse at the port. The ship agent was meant to transfer and declare the cargo as “bonded”. However, they failed to do

A naval architect was appointed to design a barge, that was intended to be used as a floating restaurant. There were stability issues stemming from the fact that the architect had failed to take into

A ship agent in the US failed to issue a Notice of Readiness (NOR) to the terminal in time, resulting in a delay of just under five days. The total amount the agent’s principal was out of pocket was

A commercial management agreement provided that the managers could not fix the ship for more than a specific number of days without approval. The managers failed to obtain express approval for a

ITIC’s member designed some bollards to be placed in a north European port. Most of the bollards were welded into position and were satisfactory. A small percentage of the bollards were to be