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A member was appointed as the agent of a ship for approximately 14 days while decommissioning took place. The agent was requested to handle the immigration requirements for the crew and others

A ship agency office in the Far East reported a case regarding their local office’s failure to obtain evidence of delivering a consignment of goods to a vessel. The case involved a delivery of six

For a number of years one of ITIC’s members had acted as a charterer’s broker for a steel trading company. They were asked to find a ship to lift a cargo of steel coils and circulated the requirement

Agents for a ship which had been sold to breakers in Taiwan took proper steps to obtain sufficient funds in advance of the ship's arrival to meet all anticipated expenses. However, after arrival at

A Lloyd's agent was instructed to carry out pre-shipment surveys on twelve consignments of frozen swordfish chunks and the surveys were completed over a period of approximately four months.  The

A ship agent Member in Puerto Rico acted for charterers who operated a regular service between San Juan and Florida using a particular ship which called at San Juan two or three times each

A company was appointed as a sub-agent by the general agent of a shipping line and instructed to complete the documentation on its behalf for most of the chartered ships represented by them.  In

A marine surveyor and occasional P&I correspondent was requested by a P&I Club to attend on board a ship to survey a cargo of 2,000 metric tonnes bulk fertiliser, which had been contaminated

The agent should therefore also ask himself the questions set out in the following Rules: Has your principal given written authority to release and agreed the wording and security? An agent

Does it contain adequate financial and time limits? Agents should always be careful to ensure that the letter of indemnity covers all claims and costs which could be incurred.  There is little