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International Transport Intermediaries Club (ITIC) has explained how a ship manager was recently asked to pay $436,000 in communication costs as the result of an error which unwittingly allowed the…

International Transport Intermediaries Club (ITIC) has warned that failure to pay ship agents promptly in accordance with contractual agreements can have serious consequences for shipowners, and can…

ITIC refuerza el servicio que ofrece a sus asociados en España INTERNATIONAL Transport Intermediaries Club (ITIC) en Londres ha nombrado a Tom Irving para dirigir el servicio que ITIC presta a sus…

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…