1967 results:

No Notice of claim

A demurrage claim for US$ 352,122 was passed onto the charterer by the broker within the 90 day charterparty time limit period. However, the charterer declined to pay the claim as they had not been…

Costly storage

A ship agent failed to spot that a bill of lading had specific instructions to arrange the delivery of 10 containers of cargo to the port’s free zone, where the consignee would have enjoyed a free…

Wrong holds

A ship agent issued bills of lading in respect of a cargo of different types of coal being transported to Canada. Due to human error, they confused the holds and indicated on the bills of lading that…

Reports alone are not enough

Ship managers acted as managers of a vessel for a number of years until it was sold. When it was delivered in Northern Europe to the buyers, Class suspended the vessel’s approvals due the state of…

Guaranteed commission

Ship brokers in Asia were due commission on the sale of a vessel for scrap. The buyers performance of the Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) was guaranteed by their Hong Kong based affiliate. The MoA was…

Short circuit

This claim involved one cargo owner, two brokers working at different offices, and three shipowners. The cargo owners and shipowner number one had a COA. Shipowner number one was unable to use his…

Off duty messages

It was the weekend and a member of a tanker broker’s operations staff was not on duty. A message was received on their phone, which was linked to their individual email address. The email was sent…

An underestimated letter of guarantee

A South American port agent acted for a ship that discharged a bulk cargo at his port. There was a cargo shortage in an amount that exceeded the customs allowance, which meant that there would be…

Jack-up barge punches through sandy bottom

Jack-up barge punches through sandy bottom

In 2007, an offshore consultant performed a site assessment for a jackup crane barge. The site was known to have some inherent difficulties for jack-up operations due to the underlying layer of soft…

February is the shortest month

February is the shortest month

Ship broker fixed a vessel for an initial period of 3 months with subsequent optional periods of 3 months. The optional periods were declarable 30 days prior to expiry of the preceding period. The…