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A naval architect entered into a contract with a shipyard to design the structure and access arrangements for new lifeboats and their davits to be fitted to a specific vessel. The naval architect

The first case involved commission on a time charter. Hire had been paid. ITIC made contact with debtors who confirmed that the commission was due. They said that it would be paid but could not give

A UK based naval architect was appointed by a shipyard in the USA to design a vessel, of which more than one was due to be built. One of the vessels suffered an incident in bad weather. The vessel

A hub agent was appointed as the ship’s protective agent by the owner. The charterer was an oil major. Two months after the ship called at a Libyan port, the local sub-agents appointed by the agent

An offshore surveying firm signed a contract with an oil company, for the provision of geophysical surveys and geotechnical surveys over certain gas fields. The gas extraction in that field had been

A manager took on the management of a bulk carrier which had been purchased by the owner six months earlier on an “unseen as is basis”. It was managed by another third party manager until the ship

An offshore surveying firm signed a contract with an oil company, for the provision of geophysical surveys and geotechnical surveys over certain gas fields. The gas extraction in that field had been

ITIC Members (particularly ship agents and ship managers) are regularly sued in addition to, or even instead of, the shipowner. There are a number of reasons for this. In some countries, agents have

An American shipbroker and Member of ITIC was recently awarded his full commission by a Los Angeles Federal Court in litigation with an American shipowner. ITIC assisted its Member in the recovery.

Ship agents, like other professionals in the transport industry, need to limit their liability to an amount which is commensurate with their remuneration. Carriers by sea, air and land set out their