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Shipowners often require their agents or managers to deliver cash to ships whilst in port. The risks are obvious. The ship agent or ship manager needs insurance to cover cash when it is temporarily…

The design of a small aluminium ship was undertaken by a naval architect, who was insured by ITIC. The owner advised that the ship was to be capable of achieving a specific commercial survey…

A marine chemist carried out routine testing of a cargo of methanol when a vessel docked for discharge. This routine procedure involved drawing samples from each of the tanks. From each of these…

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…