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Welcome

Welcome to the Intermediary, in this the Club’s 75th year. This is the first of the new-look annual editions which is also the first to be published in both hard copy and electronically (on the…

Designated Person - Insurance or not?

This article is primarily concerned with a Designated Person within a ship manager’s office as it is their concerns that need to be addressed. The real question is not so much one of whether the…

Authorised Consignor – ship agents’ potential liabilities

On 1 July, 1998 modifications were made to EC procedures for Community Transit goods. These changes were made pursuant to Article 389 of Commission Regulation Number 2454/93, and will impact on the…

SIGNUM SERVICES – the Club’s private investigators

ITIM Co. Ltd, the managers of ITIC, are a subsidiary of Thomas Miller & Co. Ltd. The Miller group manages a number of other Clubs in the international transport field, including the UK P&I…

COLLECTING COMMISSION

Major changes to English Law A provision of English law which for 150 years has restricted the ability of ship brokers to collect their commission will be removed on 11th May, 2000. This change…

ITIC ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION SURVEY

The recent ITIC Claims Review highlighted some of the claims that the Club has seen arising out of the use of e-mail. The Claims Review reported that to date ITIC has seen little overall increase in…

CREW VISA FRAUD

Ship and crew managers should be vigilant against becoming unwittingly involved in a visa fraud to gain entry into the United States. A crew agency in the Ukraine, and others elsewhere, have been…

UPDATE ON THE ITIC WEBSITE

We are pleased to see from the results of the Claims Review survey that so many Members have already found time to access the ITIC website at www.itic-insure.com. This edition of The Intermediary is…

SUPER REEFER TO THE RESCUE

ITIC’s usual involvement with reefer containers is when they are set at the wrong temperature and their contents spoiled. We are grateful to A.P. Moller for allowing us to reproduce an article from…

CONTINUITY CREDITS – RETURNING MONEY TO YOU

ITIC has been returning money to its Members for the last four years through continuity credits at renewal. Where does this money come from? In an era where mutuality seems to be going out of…