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More than you were asked to do?

Marine surveyors in Germany were engaged by charterers to attend the loading of a cargo and report on any damage caused by the stevedores. The subsequent emailed instructions contained (in…

Safety Management System (“SMS”) failure

An inspector of CARB - California Air Resources Board (the clean air agency of the state of California) – boarded a ship in July 2011 managed by an ITIC Member at the Los Angeles Terminal. The Chief…

Crane costs confusion

A ship agent was contacted by charterers. The charterers asked the agent to obtain a quote from a local port on how much it would cost to discharge two parcels weighing 70mt using the shore crane.…

Performance problems

Operators of a passenger and ro-ro ferry service appointed a naval architect to design a 45m landing craft ferry. The design was to be based on that of an existing vessel operated by the…

Turbo technical trouble

Turbo technical trouble

An air charter broker received a request to act for a principal who was seeking to charter an aeroplane for a flight two days later from Scotland to Morocco. The broker reviewed the available options…

Architect’s oversight

A naval architect entered into a contract with a shipyard to design the structure and access arrangements for new lifeboats and their davits to be fitted to a specific vessel. The naval architect…

Weight watching

A firm of agents was asked to book a tractor for shipment from Europe to the Middle East. They quoted a rate based on the weight and realised after the booking was confirmed that they should have…

Boom and bust

A liner agent booked a container of calcium hypochlorite to be moved from a port in the Middle East to Europe. Calcium hypochlorite is a dangerous cargo, with an IMO classification of 5.1. The…

Commission collection in court

A ship broker had entered into an exclusive commission agreement with a ship owner, which provided for commission of 5% to be paid to the broker on the sale of any of their fleet of vessels even if…

ITIC Post fixture Clause

ITIC has recommended a post fixture clause for brokers to place at the end of recap messages. The following wording was endorsed by FONASBA at its annual general meeting in Gothenburg in October…