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An English ship broker remitted a balance of hire of US$ 30,000 twice to his European counter- part.  In spite of many promises the European shipbroker failed to pay back the funds and court

Three containers of electrical goods worth US$380,000 were shipped from the Far East to South Africa, and from there by rail to another African country. The agent at the discharge port released all

A shipping line issued instructions to all its liner agents that when accepting cargoes of charcoal, a self-heating test certificate must be provided before loading onto the ship. The agent failed

International Transport Intermediaries Club (ITIC) says it continues to deal on a regular basis with claims resulting from errors by agents involving transhipment cargoes. In one case, an agent in

Not all errors lead to a financial loss although the broker may lose the principal’s business. A recent “near miss” involved a broker fixing the time charter of a bulk carrier. The owner specified

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A sale and purchase broker had acted for the Scandinavian sellers of a small cruise ship. An Australian company had signed a Memorandum of Agreement but had failed to pay the deposit or take any

A ship agent failed to spot that a bill of lading had specific instructions to arrange the delivery of 10 containers of cargo to the port’s free zone, where the consignee would have enjoyed a free

Due to various amendments required by the shipper, liner agents at a load port in South America found themselves reissuing an original bill of lading for a consignment of bananas destined for the

A ship agent Member of ITIC was recently appointed by the local Admiralty Marshal to act for a ship under arrest.  Once the agent obtained the disbursement vouchers he tendered his account for