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A Ship Sanitation Control Exemption Certificate (“SSCEC”) was due to expire in two months’ time. The ship manager made inquiries for renewal of the SSCEC at the next port. The local health authority…

A shipbroker acted for both the owners and charterers in a fixture. Different shipbrokers within the company acted for each party. The parties concluded a fixture with laycan for 20th August. The…

A shipbroker advised ITIC that they were owed US$ 68,000 of commission from a sale and purchase of a ship. They had acted as the buyer’s broker and had signed a commission agreement with the…

Charlotte Kirk, ITIC’s commercial director, sits down to chat with the Claims Review editor, as part of this regular interview series in which we get to know ITIC’s claims handlers. In this interview…

A hub agent was appointed as the ship’s protective agent by the owner. The charterer was an oil major. Two months after the ship called at a Libyan port, the local sub-agents appointed by the agent…

A commercial manager was held responsible by owners for failing to arrange a pre-departure survey for the fouling of the hull. The ship had had an extended stay at a port and that created a…

Following the discharge of the cargo from a ship a shipbroker was presented with an invoice for heating expenses amounting to US$ 70,000 by the owners to be passed on to the charterers. However, the…

A ship agent based at a transhipment port was required to submit a declaration to customs authorities in respect of a container of 990 cases of cigarettes being transhipped at that port. The agent…

A designer was appointed to provide outline design services in respect of an upgrade to a ferry service and then to advise the client on technical matters during the subsequent build. Once the ferry…

A company providing both broker and agency services was appointed to assist with arranging the discharge of a large project cargo from their principal’s ship on arrival and getting it transported to…