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Joining Crew or Illegal Immigrants?

Fraudsters continue to involve ship agents in the smuggling of illegal immigrants by pretending they are joining crew. In the past twelve months over twenty approaches to ship agents have been

Industry leaders speaking....

...at the ICC in Birmingham on 20 May, 2010, included John Abbott of RSSB and Steve Fink, recently appointed Head of HSEA (Investment Projects) at Network Rail. John Abbott set the scene describing

Illegal immigrants posing as crew members

The reasons for emigrating are essentially the same today as they were at the Beginning of the century; deteriorating economic conditions coupled with political unrest. However, a hundred years ago

Associated Companies

A director of a marine services company was required by his employer to sit on the Board of Directors of another company, to whom corporate services were provided. Another director was also asked to

Welcome to this naval architecture edition of The Wire...

The following selection of articles will give you practical information on loss prevention, as well as on contract terms, illustrated by a variety of claims examples. ITIC always emphasise the

You don't have to make a mistake to be sued...

One of the benefits of insurance with ITIC is the cover provided for defence costs.  As a naval architect you could receive a claim from a vessel owner for a case you worked on even if you were

Lengthy legal dispute

An architect was contracted to design the hull and rigging for a new yacht. Another naval architecture firm was contracted to design the interior. The yacht was completed and delivered

Offshore and hydrographic business

ITIC’s involvement within the offshore sector has continued to grow, with the number of members categorised as working within the offshore business increasing from 24 in 2011 to 42 at the close of

Insurance - who needs it?

Historically, offshore and hydrographic professionals have chosen not to purchase professional indemnity insurance, unless requested by the contract. The view being that they have been working for

The offshore and hydrographic sector

ITIC’s involvement within the offshore sector has continued to grow, with the number of members categorised as working within the offshore business increasing from 24 in 2011 to 52 at present. ITIC