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A consultant was contracted to carry out a spudcan penetration analysis of the seabed prior to a mobile jack-up drill putting its legs down. The analysis was not carried out effectively. The…

The 2013 Insight into Transport Law and Insurance course is taking place from Tuesday 1st – Friday 4th October at the London offices of Thomas Miller. The four day course is aimed at executives and…

Thomas Miller are leading a campaign to raise money to renovate Chauncy Maples, Africa’s oldest floating ship, into a mobile health clinic for the fishing villages around Lake Malawi. To…

Brokers can be pressured into issuing revised recaps or draft charterparties reflecting what one side claims to have been the basis of an agreement. It is rarely prudent to issue such documents,…

ITIC and its sister company TT Club are hosting a seminar and cocktail reception for insurance brokers, in Marseille, on Wednesday 18th September 2013. ITIC's Account Executive…

ITIC are hosting a drinks reception in Rotterdam on Thursday 26th September for all members and brokers. This event coincides with the ITIC Board meeting in Rotterdam. During…

ITIC has a long history of issuing warnings on the subject of ship agents being used by unscrupulous migrant smugglers to move illegal immigrants around the world. The basic pattern is for…

ITIC has warned its members about a recent spate of crew scams which threaten to involve unwary ship agents in significant financial loss and exposure to fines and penalties by immigration…

RELEASE AGAINST AN ORIGINAL BILL OF LADING B/L CHECKLIST: Is it consigned to the order of the shipper or a bank? - has the shipper (or bank) endorsed the b/l over to the party to whom the delivery…

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