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INTERNATIONAL Transport Intermediaries Club (ITIC) has warned its members about the potential pitfalls associated with entering into Master Service Agreements with their clients. A Master Service…

Our Ref: 92/11/2 November 1992 To: Members It is the Club's experience that the most consistent large risk faced by ship agents arises from the delivery of cargo without the bill of lading. Both…

Our Ref: 94/06 March 1994 To: Members In November 1992 the club issued its circular 92/11/2 under this same heading, and attached a set of guidelines for agency staff concerned with the…

Our ref: 96/01 August 1996 TO: Members and their brokers Some years ago the Club included an article on the dangers attached to "pre-dating and clausing" of bills of lading in its…

THE SHIP CALLING FOR A CREW CHANGE MAY INVOLVE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS The Club first issued a circular as long ago as 1989 on the subject of ship agents being used by unscrupulous migrant smugglers to…

What are "switch" bills of lading? “Switch” bills of lading are a second set of bills of lading issued by the carrier (or by the carrier’s agent) in substitution for the bills of lading…

Our Ref: 2005/03 October, 2005 To:  all Australian ship agency members and their insurance brokers  Road Transport Regulations – Compliance and Enforcement The Managers have been…

Our Ref: 93/6/1 June 1993 To: Ship Broker Members Dear Sirs, In recent months the Managers have become concerned about the increasing number of claims on brokers arising from the submission…

Our Ref: 97/04 April, 1998 To: ship broker, ship manager and marine consultant Members and their insurance brokers. At their meeting on 21 April, 1998, the Directors of the Club confirmed that…