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The recent ITIC Claims Review highlighted some of the claims that the Club has seen arising out of the use of e-mail. The Claims Review reported that to date ITIC has seen little overall increase in…

Ship and crew managers should be vigilant against becoming unwittingly involved in a visa fraud to gain entry into the United States. A crew agency in the Ukraine, and others elsewhere, have been…

We are pleased to see from the results of the Claims Review survey that so many Members have already found time to access the ITIC website at www.itic-insure.com. This edition of The Intermediary is…

ITIC’s usual involvement with reefer containers is when they are set at the wrong temperature and their contents spoiled. We are grateful to A.P. Moller for allowing us to reproduce an article from…

ITIC has been returning money to its Members for the last four years through continuity credits at renewal. Where does this money come from? In an era where mutuality seems to be going out of…

The last issue of ‘The Intermediary’ looked at the need for Members to take care that they made their agency status clear when signing off correspondence. The article concentrated on the problems…

A London shipbroker negotiated the sale of a small ship of the type commonly used for coastal trading. The buyers were based in the U.S.A. The sellers, although a Liberian company, were domiciled in…

The International Transport Intermediaries Club (ITIC) celebrates its 75th Anniversary this year. The Club traces its origins to the Chartered Shipbrokers Protection Association, first formed as an…

Welcome to this edition of the Intermediary.  Since the last edition the Club has reached a landmark.  We have now collected over US$ 50 million on behalf of our Members.  Additional…

When an owner or charterer defaults on his obligations there is an understandable desire for instant decisive action in the form of arresting a ship.  This is often, but not always, a prudent…