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This spring edition of the Claims Review is published to coincide with the March 2014 meeting of ITIC's Directors in Singapore. It contains a warning to shipbrokers about the dangers of using more

The Thomas Miller Group, including all owned and managed businesses will comply with GDPR with effect from the 25th May 2018. At this point Thomas Miller will operate a group-wide personal data

It is a fact that violent crime has significantly reduced over the last few years.  Why is this? Criminals have not changed; they still want to get their hands on your money.  The answer is

A commercial ship manager received legal papers from cargo interests in connection with a cargo claim. The commercial managers immediately notified the lawyers for the cargo interests that they were

In 1993, a shipbroker had a receptionist who filed a demurrage claim into the fixture file without notifying the post fixture staff of its existence. The shipbroker incurred a demurrage claim. Since

A ship manager was appointed commercial manager of a ship by its time charterers on the basis of BIMCO Shipman 1998. One of the ship manager’s duties was to arrange insurances if required. The time

An Italian freight forwarder was instructed by shippers to transport a consignment of copper pipes from a factory in Brescia to the load port, La Spezia, for onward shipment to Algiers.  The

Is it counter-signed by a first class bank? A shipowner sought to recover from his agent who had released cargo against indemnities countersigned by the failed BCCI bank.  The agent had

Is it addressed to both you and your principal? One of the Club's Members was recently presented with a perfectly worded letter of indemnity counter-signed by a first class bank, addressed to

A Turkish liner agent was requested by the receiver of 12 containers of frozen meat shipped from Denmark to deliver them without original bills of lading. The carrier's bills of lading were consigned