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A commercial manager in Germany was instructed by the owners of a ship under management not to fix cargo for this ship for voyages up the River Rhone. This followed previous bad experience of a

A ship agent was advised by the local pilots’ association that ships arriving or departing the port needed to give two hours’ notice for pilot services instead of one. Unfortunately, shortly after

Ship agents were contacted by owners whose ship was being fixed to discharge at a West African port. Owners advised that they were intending to discharge 10 large tanks, each weighing 69 metric

A chartering broker acted for the charterer of a ship. They agreed with the owner, via a Skype call, to pay a higher freight rate in exchange for the owner agreeing to split the Panama Canal transit

Following the conclusion of two voyages, the owners sent two claims (heating and demurrage) to the brokers within the contractual time bar, with instructions for the broker to send

The sinking of a cargo ship with tragic loss of life resulted in large claims by the bereaved families.  As the port of loading had been in the USA,  an American lawyer, employing the usual

A technical management firm appointed a newbuilding supervisor to oversee the building of several chemical carriers. A dispute arose concerning two hulls which were scheduled for delivery in early

A Canadian naval architect contracted to provide design advice for the modification to a refrigeration system in the refrigeration-compressor room of a fishing vessel. The modifications were

Melanie Thomas - Account Executive Melanie Thomas is ITIC’s Senior Aviation Underwriter. Melanie joined ITIM in January 2011 after having worked as a Senior PI Broker for 4 years for a national

A ship agent was advised by a shipping line that with effect from 1st January 2007, all containers in Indian Ports would be subject to a new import detention charge handled on behalf of their