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Maritime competition law, new challenges for pool managers

Peter Appel and Bitten Thorgaard Sørensen of Gorrissen Federspiel Kierkegaard, Copenhagen 1 Introduction Due to the recent competition law reforms, the shipping indus-try is today faced with the…

Copyright issues

The work of many of ITIC’s members, particularly those involved in design, such as naval architects, involves intellectual property rights and obligations. Obviously, members cannot deliberately…

Additional insurances

LOSS OF COMMISSION COVER One of the additional insurances that ITIC offers to shipbrokers and ship managers is loss of commission insurance when they are not paid commission or fee income arising…

Reasonable endeavours

The Club is often asked to distinguish the difference between reasonable endeavours and best endeavours. Where a clause in a contract exists that requires a company to use reasonable endeavours to…

Professional Indemnity Insurance and the Hydrographer

Over the course of the last few years the trend has been for former governmental hydrographic organisations to become privately owned companies, joining the existing privately owned companies in the…

Telex release by e-mail - precautions and pitfalls

What is a Telex release? A Telex release is the industry term for the release of cargo at one port when the original bill of lading has been surrendered at another. Although this is still referred…

Directors and Officers Insurance: claims examples

Introduction Directors & Officers insurance (D&O) is a personal insurance purchased by the employer for the benefit of its directors and officers. ITIC’s D&O product protects both…

Arrest of vessels in Norway

By Tor Aasberg, Partner, Advokatfirmaet Grette DA, Oslo, Norway 1. Introduction According to the Norwegian Enforcement Code (NEC) and the Norwegian Maritime Code (NMC) a creditor with a maritime…

First Company Law Directive - Company Identity Requirements

Whilst incorporating a company may be the easiest way of limiting one’s liability, recent legislation means that the administrative burden of managing a company has got harder. The first Company Law…

ITIC News

ONLINE LEARNING TOOL - THE RISKS INVOLVED WITH BILLS OF LADING ITIC has developed its first online training tool, “The risks involved with bills of lading". ITIC’s Claims Director, Andrew…