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An FFA broker was negotiating a Panamax contract for December. The negotiations were slightly unusual in that they took place in December, once the month had already started. The principal had done

Importers of wines from France into the United States had previously encountered problems with consignments imported through New York during the winter months when the wine could be subjected to

A crew manager acted for an owner operating in Norwegian waters. The crew manager arranged for crew from the Philippines. The crew manager was required, on behalf of the owners, to report the

A ship agent arranged pilots for a tanker which was due to depart a terminal in the US. The agent was aware that due to the ship’s length a daylight departure was required as per the local pilot’s

A shipbroker arranged a fixture of regular monthly shipments of propane by way of a COA. For one shipment the buyer required a different quantity of the cargo and messaged the broker with this

To err is human. If however, you arrange insurance as a manager for the owner the consequences of not taking great care are nasty and, usually, expensive.   BIMCO SHIPMAN 2009 provides that

A naval architect was instructed by the owner of a vessel to investigate the cause of continued cracking in the hull. The report produced by the naval architect attributed the blame to the original

Importers of wines from France into the United States had previously encountered problems with consignments imported through New York during the winter months when the wine could be

Do the goods itemised correspond exactly to those in the delivery order? A liner agent in Hong Kong was asked to deliver a consignment of frozen chickens against a letter of indemnity

In the ten years from 2000 to 2010 claims against liner agents for errors in passing on reefer temperatures for refrigerated containers or failure to arrange for reefers to be plugged in to the