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Dear members I would like to offer my thanks to Peter French for his hard work as the ITIC Chairman from 2012 until he retired in March 2019. It is my pleasure to be the new Chairman of

As part of ITIC’s centenary celebrations, a new initiative has been launched: a year-long apprenticeship in collaboration with the London Nautical School. This programme provides one student with the

A shipbroker who was a Member of ITIC (broker A) had been a co-broker in chartering a ship with another broker (broker B). Broker B was not a member of ITIC. During the negotiations, broker B added

Können Seeschiffe eines deutschen Reeders während des vorläufigen Insolvenzverfahrens arrestiert werden? Gerade in der aktuellen Schifffahrtskrise gewinnt diese – in der deutschen Rechtsprechung

The latest Claims Review produced by the International Transport Intermediaries Club (ITIC) provides evidence that, although ship arrest should in many respects be considered a last resort in the

A commercial manager fixed a ship that had been under his management for several years for a project voyage to Finland. After the fixture had been concluded, the owners objected to the fixture as the

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

The International Transport Intermediaries Club (ITIC) warns of the dangers of allowing important information to be sent to individual email addresses with no back-up. In a recent case, a shipowner

International Transport Intermediaries Club (ITIC) says that shipbrokers are being required to sign formal agreements with their principals in the light of a worldwide trend towards stricter

A Belgian port agent accepted a booking from a local forwarder for his principal's sailing to North Africa.  He then received a document headed "Liner Booking Note" from the forwarder