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Ship agents based in South America found themselves being pursued by owners of a ship that they had never represented. The claim was for legal costs that those owners incurred for filing a response

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

A ship in a fleet managed by an ITIC member was boarded by Somali pirates. The pirates opened fire on the accommodation block, entered the bridge and stopped the ship. Following the pirates

A container of deep frozen salmon was discharged from a ship at a port in Scandinavia. ITIC’s ship agent member acted as agents for the carriers. All foodstuffs entering the EU from outside the EU

A ship agent had been instructed to arrange for five containers to be shipped from the UK. In error, the agency office left a clause on the bill of lading stating “Shipper’s Own Containers”. As a

Agents accepted a booking for the shipment of a reefer container containing lobster meat.  As agents for the Line one of their responsibilities was the preparation of the ship's stowage plan at

Shipbrokers acted as sole brokers for the voyage charter of a tanker whose owners calculated that they had a claim for demurrage against the charterers in the amount of US$ 60,287 when the voyage was

It is important that Members ensure that their systems can cope with the pressures upon them. A liner company introduced a system for worldwide container control. The Member was one of their agents

During loading at Los Angeles, a ship’s master received a report of an injury to a stevedore, who had allegedly slipped on a patch of grease on board. The master notified the ship manager of the

A container of whisky was booked from Felixstowe to New York. Since 2002 it has been a requirement that carriers must provide full details of all containerised cargo shipped to a US port from a