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A shipbroker arranged a contract of affreightment (“COA”) between owners and charterers. The COA ran for the 2020 calendar year and provided for a minimum of 4 and maximum of 12 shipments per…

Welcome to the April edition of ITIC’s Claims Review. The complete ITIC board successfully met in person, for the first time since 2019, at the end of March in Athens. The board meeting was followed…

A ship agent received instructions from their principal to arrange transit through the Panama Canal, from Balboa to Cristobal (northbound direction). The agent made the arrangements via the Panama…

This is an interesting question. Since the invasion of Ukraine, countries around the world have introduced many sanctions at record speeds. It is sometimes difficult to keep up. First, you need to…

Welcome to the October edition of ITIC’s Claims Review. The first Claims Review of the new Carolean age. We were deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. ITIC would…

A Ship Sanitation Control Exemption Certificate (“SSCEC”) was due to expire in two months’ time. The ship manager made inquiries for renewal of the SSCEC at the next port. The local health authority…

A shipbroker acted for both the owners and charterers in a fixture. Different shipbrokers within the company acted for each party. The parties concluded a fixture with laycan for 20th August. The…

A shipbroker advised ITIC that they were owed US$ 68,000 of commission from a sale and purchase of a ship. They had acted as the buyer’s broker and had signed a commission agreement with the…

Charlotte Kirk, ITIC’s commercial director, sits down to chat with the Claims Review editor, as part of this regular interview series in which we get to know ITIC’s claims handlers. In this interview…