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The broker for a charterer was informed by his principal that he owned tugs, shore facilities and other assets. The broker passed this information to the owner without mentioning that the information…

A ship agent in the Middle East agreed to "look after" two old Russian flag ships prior to sale.  This decision cost the Club a large amount of money.  Parties from the Middle…

A commercial manager took over a newly built container ship from a Chinese shipyard and arranged a first charter to a Korean company.  The charter called for the ship to proceed to load her…

73 containers were carried from Saudi Arabia to Benghazi on a "free-out" basis (i.e. all port charges to be paid by the consignee). However, due to a clerical error on the part of the…

The most common claims against tanker brokers involve demurrage statements which have been received by the ship broker, but allegedly, not passed on to the charterers within the time limit set out in…

ITIC has just concluded its oldest case. This involved a ship agent in Taiwan, who acted for the call of a tanker at Kaohsiung in 1982. Part of the ship’s cargo – 500 metric tonnes of Toluene Di-…

During loading at Los Angeles, a ship’s master received a report of an injury to a stevedore, who had allegedly slipped on a patch of grease on board. The master notified the ship manager of the…

A container of whisky was booked from Felixstowe to New York. Since 2002 it has been a requirement that carriers must provide full details of all containerised cargo shipped to a US port from a…

After a survey on her electrics, a yacht was purchased and taken to a yard to be refurbished. After further inspection, the yard reported that there was in fact substantial damage to her wiring and…

There are occasions when events outside a ship broker’s control can scupper the hard work which has secured a fixture. A tanker broker fixed a ship on a voyage basis to lift two million barrels of…