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A ship owner demanded that a ship agent in West Africa sign a Letter of Indemnity in his favour before the ship arrived at the port. The Letter of Indemnity was, according to the ship owner, a…

21 forty foot containers of acetate tow on pallets arrived at a US port from Brazil. The shipping line instructed their US agent to arrange for the pallets to be unstuffed from the line’s containers…

The owner of a ship requested its agent in Argentina to deliver USD20,000 to the master. The agent took every precaution in delivering the cash, using security guards and an armoured car. On arrival…

Marine surveyors based in the Far East were instructed by the insurers of a cargo of HRSG harps (which are metal tube modules used in power generation) to conduct a pre-shipment inspection and to…

A naval architect was instructed to design a vessel, to be used in a successful commercial passenger service, which could reach speeds of up to 20 knots in reasonable weather conditions. During sea…

A ship manager accepted the management of a ship, but had not inspected it. In fact due to a high staff turnover in their technical department, nobody from the managers visited the ship. The owners…

A commercial ship manager received legal papers from cargo interests in connection with a cargo claim. The commercial managers immediately notified the lawyers for the cargo interests that they were…

A German commercial manager fixed eight specially designed “blade containers” from Spain to a port in southern Italy. Four of these containers were to be stowed under deck and four on deck in two…

A bunker broker was instructed by a tanker owner to arrange bunkers at Jeddah. The broker agreed a price verbally with the bunker supplier’s agent in Greece, and sent a confirmation by e-mail to…

A vessel was fixed on voyage basis from one Indian port to another. During negotiations, before the owners made a firm offer on the freight rate, they asked their broker whether Indian freight tax…