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January sails - everything must go!

The owner required two spinnakers to be taken off the yacht and forwarded for repairs at another port. The agent was asked to arrange temporary storage until the repairs couldbeorganised.The agent

ITIC Circular: Crew Scam Warning

ITIC has a long history of issuing warnings on the subject of ship agents being used by unscrupulous migrant smugglers to move illegal immigrants around the world. The basic pattern is for

ITIC circular: Crew scam warning

ITIC has often issued warnings about ship agents being used by people smugglers to cover the movement of illegal migrants. The basic pattern is for owners/managers to approach the agent asking the

ITIC circular: Coronavirus fraud

ITIC has received reports of fraudulent invoices being submitted to owners for the provision of medical testing services in relation to the coronavirus.  Fraudulent  invoices often contain

Check the ship before taking it on!

A ship manager accepted the management of a ship, but had not inspected it. In fact due to a high staff turnover in their technical department, nobody from the managers visited the ship. The owners

Misdescription of cargo capacity of vessel

A shipbroker Member acted for owners in the fixing of their ship to charterers.  Unfortunately, when describing the cargo capacity of the ship, the figure of 119,995 cubic metres was given by

Incorrect discharge port

Brokers had acted on behalf of charterers in respect of a voyage charter from Nigeria to the US Gulf.  In subsequently negotiating the terms of a preliminary round trip whereby the charterers

Who pays for heating?

When a tanker broker arranged a voyage charter, the recap e-mail stated that the lump sum freight was inclusive of maintaining loaded temperature. The cargo description also stated “vessel to

Bill for a buoy

Canal transit agents represented a ship that collided with a buoy. The canal authority sent an invoice to the agent for the damage of US$ 225,000. The owners disputed the amount of the invoice and

Parcel problems

A shipbroker was arranging a fixture involving the loading of a variety of parcels. Various permutations of parcels and holds were discussed during the negotiations. Although the quantities set out