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A hub agent was appointed as the ship’s protective agent by the owner. The charterer was an oil major. Two months after the ship called at a Libyan port, the local sub-agents appointed by the agent…

A commercial manager was held responsible by owners for failing to arrange a pre-departure survey for the fouling of the hull. The ship had had an extended stay at a port and that created a…

Following the discharge of the cargo from a ship a shipbroker was presented with an invoice for heating expenses amounting to US$ 70,000 by the owners to be passed on to the charterers. However, the…

A ship agent based at a transhipment port was required to submit a declaration to customs authorities in respect of a container of 990 cases of cigarettes being transhipped at that port. The agent…

A designer was appointed to provide outline design services in respect of an upgrade to a ferry service and then to advise the client on technical matters during the subsequent build. Once the ferry…

A company providing both broker and agency services was appointed to assist with arranging the discharge of a large project cargo from their principal’s ship on arrival and getting it transported to…

A ship agent based in the USA was appointed by the owner of a ship due to arrive in Texas. The agent ordered a pilot for Monday as instructed by the ship. The purpose of the ship’s visit was to take…

A shipbroker fixed a ship between owners and charterers which was due to load grain from Ukraine. Shortly thereafter they received notice from the charterers to cancel the fixture as the Ukrainian…

A ship agent was asked by their principal to enquire whether there was space to transit through the Panama Canal on a specific date. However, the agent misunderstood the request to check if a slot…

A shipbroker was involved in a fixture where the charterer needed a ship at a certain time. The charterer sent an email to the broker to narrow the laycan to 30 days but the broker was on holiday…