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A shipbroker mistakenly understood that owners had agreed to discount the overage rate by 50%, meaning that cargo loaded above 66,000MT would be charged at US$13.5 per MT instead of US$27 per MT.…

A shipbroker had previously arranged a fixture between the same principals with discharging in north China. The discharge range had been designated as 1-2 port(s) Qingdao-Dongying. The fixture had…

ITIC insured a naval architect in Australia, who was also insured as a surveyor for small commercial vessel coding approval on behalf of the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA). The naval…

A ship agent failed to manifest a cargo, which was a yacht, at the original port of loading. At the second port on the voyage the customs inspectors identified the error and seized the yacht. The…

A shipbroker was asked to assist a buyer to place a bid in a judicial auction. Before proceeding the shipbroker was asked what their fee would be. The shipbroker said “typically our fee is 1% of the…

In the last Claims Review we offered you the opportunity to “Ask the Editor”. Here are a some of the questions that we have been asked. Please continue to send in your questions – we are enjoying…

Welcome to the April edition of ITIC’s Claims Review. It is now over a year since the first lockdown was imposed in the UK and we know that many of you all over the world have also been subject to…

A stevedore at the discharge port was injured when a spring on the ship broke off and hit him whilst he was on the pier receiving the cargo. An administrative investigation into the accident was…

A port agent was appointed by the charterer and cargo owners, for the call of a ship carrying biomass (wood pellets) to a UK port. The agent in turn appointed stevedores at the port to handle the…

A ship was fixed to load a cargo of peas. The ship agent produced all the necessary documentation for the shipment. Unfortunately, they described the cargo as “116 shipments of peas” instead of the…