Search

Historically shipbrokers have been one of the only marine professionals not to use standard terms and conditions when contracting. However this practice has been changing. Over the last couple of…

A ship fixed by a commercial manager had a clause in the charterparty which stated that the charterer would reimburse owners any extra costs in relation to the ship being ordered into a war risk…

A commercial ship manager fixed a ship for a voyage of 4,000 metric tonnes of ammonium nitrate in big bags. This type of cargo had been carried by the commercial manager’s fleet on several occasions,…

The loading of a ship was delayed, as a result of which the owners had a claim against the charterers under the terms of the charterparty for demurrage of around EUR 70,000. The charterparty…

A ship was fixed for a trip timecharter for two voyages, with an option for a third. In accordance with the recap the option was to be declared by the charterers on completion of loading on the…

After the conclusion of a voyage, various owner’s claims were submitted by the shipbroker to the charterers within the time allowed (including the costs of shifting, cleaning and demurrage). However…

A shipbroker fixed an extension of a charter in direct continuation. However, the broker working the account had forgotten to include the charterer’s “subject to 24 hours reconfirmation” in the…

As you will see from the examples given in the following paragraphs a mistake in a bill of lading can have wide ranging consequences and produce a variety of claims. The main source of ship agency…

In late September, an agent for a major shipping line accepted a booking of industrial solvent. On 10 October the vessel arrived at the loadport but did not complete cargo operations until five days…

A ship agent received instructions from a shipper to book eight containers of cargo from Saudi Arabia to Indonesia and issued two bills of lading for the booking. Two weeks later, the agent received…