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A stevedore at the discharge port was injured when a spring on the ship broke off and hit him whilst he was on the pier receiving the cargo. An administrative investigation into the accident was…

A port agent was appointed by the charterer and cargo owners, for the call of a ship carrying biomass (wood pellets) to a UK port. The agent in turn appointed stevedores at the port to handle the…

A ship was fixed to load a cargo of peas. The ship agent produced all the necessary documentation for the shipment. Unfortunately, they described the cargo as “116 shipments of peas” instead of the…

A shipbroker fixed a time charter trip in the Far East. There was a term in the charterparty that there could be “no crew change on the laden voyage”. However, during the laden voyage the owners sent…

A ship arrived in port and due to previously agreed arrangements, began discharging cargo prior to obtaining free pratique. This is known as a “quick start”. However, due to Covid-19 the port had…

A ship was put into Manila anchorage en route to a discharge port for a crew change as there were Filipino crew on board. The crew change at Manila was organised by the ship manager, through an…

A ship was coming off hire from a previous charterer who, under that charter, was also responsible for returning the ship with a set quantity of bunkers. The returning charterer put the broker in…

A vessel was purchased and secured at a dock by the new owner. Whilst there it was described as an “eye sore” and was in danger of sinking, leaking pollutants and/or colliding with moving vessels. It…

A naval architect designed a motor vessel for a yard. Two vessels were built following the design. After the vessels were built and delivered to their respective owners, various deficiencies were…

A shipbroker received a claim from owners for ice dues and winter surcharge on towage at a Baltic port to be passed on to the charterers. The claim was sent to the charterers using an “opsclaims”…