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A Turkish liner agent was requested by the receiver of 12 containers of frozen meat shipped from Denmark to deliver them without original bills of lading. The carrier's bills of lading were consigned…

A port agent in the Middle East appointed stevedores on behalf of the shipowner. It was only when he sent the invoice to the shipowner that the agent discovered that the cargo had been booked on a…

A P&I Club correspondent was requested to attend on board a ship to survey a cargo of 2,000 metrictonnes of bulk fertilizer, which had been contaminated by residues from a previous cargo. The…

Scandinavian ship managers were appointed as technical managers of a tanker owned by a K/S limited partnership. The management agreement was originally between the ship managers and the shipowning…

While berthing at a UK port, a Turkish owned ship struck the jetty. The agents passed the port’s repair bill of GBP37,850 to the owners. Nothing further was heard from the owners for a period of…

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 German agent for Chinese shipping company received an enquiry regarding the shipment of steel rails in three consignments from Hamburg to Huangpu. The agent’s principal quoted a price of US$65 per…

When an accident occurred on a vessel, the local authorities brought proceedings against the ship manager (who also acted as the crew manager). The accident happened onboard when a wire on one of the…

A commercial manager of a fleet of tankers was very aware of the perils of failing to make sure that demurrage claims were presented in time. They had a detailed diary and spreadsheet system in their…

A broker was acting for the owner of a vessel trading in the Mediterranean. When considering an offer from charterers, which included the term “time from 1700 Thursday or a day preceding a holiday…