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A naval architect was asked to provide plans for modifications to a section of a racing yacht which was under construction. When providing the plans, they misstated the amount of carbon fibre tissue…

A pool manager fixed a ship on the basis that it could transit the new Panama Canal. The ships in that fleet were all of a size to be able to transit the canal and the pool manager believed that all…

A surveyor in Canada was contracted to provide a load and stow survey for a barge of steel. A week after the survey had been undertaken the barge sank and the cargo was lost. The surveyor was one of…

A cargo recovery agent was engaged in relation to three containers of seeds that had arrived wet. The cargo had a total value of US$145,000. An initial survey concluded that the wet damage was…

A naval architect was appointed by the builders of an 8m hydrographic survey vessel to approve the vessel’s design and stability in accordance with prescribed standards. The naval architect surveyed…

A maritime engineering consultant was engaged on a Boil-Off Gas (commonly referred to as “BOG”) Compressor Project. Their involvement included the design of the oil lube pump piping in the…

A port agent was nominated by the charterers in respect of the loading of a cargo at an Australian port. As the scheduled arrival time approached, the Master of the ship advised the agent that he…

Port agents in Hong Kong represented a container ship calling at Kwai Chung Container Terminal. Once discharge and loading operations were completed the ship sailed for her next port, Shanghai.…

A liner agent was responsible for cargo booking, ship handling and the completion of documentation on behalf of their principal. On six separate occasions during a three month period the cargo…

Ship brokers negotiated the terms of a contract of affreightment (“COA”) between charterers and ship owners. The ship brokers received all of their instructions from an agent that purported to act…