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ITIC member and broker survey 2012

We are always interested in your views and thoughts on ITIC’s cover, services and performance. There is a feedback area in the “Contact Us” section of ITIC’s website, available to anyone who would

A general guide to ship manager’s undertakings

ITIC is often asked by ship managers to comment on the wording of a “ship manager undertaking” or “letter of undertaking” (LOU) which they have been asked to sign. This is a situation which has

A question of freight – who pays?

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

Sponsorship: FONASBA launches the Young Ship Agent or Shipbroker Award for 2023

Sponsorship: FONASBA launches the Young Ship Agent or Shipbroker Award for 2023

The FONASBA Young Ship Agent or Ship Broker of the Year Award (YABA) 2023 is now open, which ITIC is proud to sponsor.  Since 2022, the Award has been open to anyone working in the ship agency

Sponsorship: FONASBA launches the Young Ship Agent or Shipbroker Award for 2025

Sponsorship: FONASBA launches the Young Ship Agent or Shipbroker Award for 2025

The FONASBA Young Ship Agent or Ship Broker of the Year Award (YABA) 2025 is now open, which ITIC is proud to sponsor. Full details of the criteria for 2025 Award can be found below: PURPOSE: The

Tighten the strings

Tighten the strings

A naval architect designed a series of fast pilot vessels. They completed the designs and submitted them to the classification society. The plans were returned and class advised that the forward

Unpaid advice

Unpaid advice

A marine surveyor was approached by a reputable law firm to provide an expert written opinion on behalf of their client. The surveyor was requested to provide an expert written opinion on the trade

Faulty chart blamed for Sea Diamond sinking

AN INVESTIGATION into the causes of the Sea Diamond casualty off the Aegean island of Santorini in April last year appears to have cleared the Louis Group, which owned and operated the ship, and the

Intermediary news

ASBA golf day In spite of ITIC being willing to pay claims whenever justified, disappointingly there was no opportunity to do so when the Club sponsored a hole-in-one at the Association of Ship

Sub Agency Agreements

The practice of a ship agent employing a sub-agent in order to undertake tasks in a port in which the agent himself does not maintain an office will be familiar to many readers of The Intermediary.