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Liner agents took delivery of two discharged containers of frozen beef.  The agents arranged for the two containers to be transferred to cold storage where they were stripped and the beef placed…

Shipbrokers, acting as charterers' brokers, fixed a ship with owners' brokers with laycan 18th/22nd September.  On 18th September the owners' brokers advised that the ship would be…

Agents for a ship which had been sold to breakers in Taiwan took proper steps to obtain sufficient funds in advance of the ship's arrival to meet all anticipated expenses. However, after arrival at…

An agent at Karachi acted for charterers of a vessel which arrived at the port and was discharging a heavy package on to a barge which sank, taking the cargo with it.  The Karachi Port Authority…

The agents were appointed as general agents in the UK for liner operators who went bankrupt owing approximately £7 million to their creditors. As is not unusual in such cases, some creditors of the…

Brokers were authorised by charterers in South America to fix a ship for a time charter voyage from Uruguay to Peru with a cargo of bagged rice.  The charterer stipulated that the ship had to…

The ship agent took delivery of a container of nickel silver scrap valued at US$ 34,222.80 on arrival at Calcutta from Kaohsiung.  Shortly after arrival the consignee, a sole trader, called at…

A Lloyd's agent was instructed to carry out pre-shipment surveys on twelve consignments of frozen swordfish chunks and the surveys were completed over a period of approximately four months.  The…

The carriers of a cargo of 21 x 40' containers of acetate tow, which was discharged at a U.S. port from Brazil, instructed their local agents to arrange for the goods to be reloaded into containers…

The agent in Thailand was appointed to act for the Hong Kong owners of a ship which called at Bangkok to load a cargo of 13,300 MT of bagged rice for discharge in West Africa.  On completion of…