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Member, acting as agent for the carrier, arranged for the provision of a tank container to a wine exporter for the shipment of 21,000 litres of wine from Australia to the USA.  On arrival, the…

A liner agent Member in the UK received two separate requests from the same glass manufacturer for opentop containers to be positioned at their premises for loading with high-tech glass and…

A liner agent Member in Australia was asked to quote for the freight payable on a number of containers of wool from Melbourne to Annaba, Algeria.  A price of AUD 211 per 1000 kgs was quoted…

A shipbroker Member acted for owners in the fixing of their ship to charterers.  Unfortunately, when describing the cargo capacity of the ship, the figure of 119,995 cubic metres was given by…

A linger agent Member in Taiwan booked a 20 foot reefer container of lobster from Keelung to Melbourne. When the agent prepared the stowage plan for the port of Keelung the container of lobster was…

A ship agent Member in Puerto Rico acted for charterers who operated a regular service between San Juan and Florida using a particular ship which called at San Juan two or three times each…

A shipbroker Member had represented the same charterer for many years and the same broker had always handled the account.  The business involved fixtures for cargoes of borax for which the…

The broker acted for a chartering company with offices in the USA and Europe, and the agreement between them required the broker to advise the US company of the status of the charter arrangements for…

The German agent of a Far Eastern shipping line took delivery of four 40 foot containers, each holding 368 TV sets.  Each container was covered by a separate B/L which showed 'C' as the shipper…

A marine surveyor was instructed to determine the suitability for towage to a drydock of a steel hulled yacht built in the nineteenth century.  The surveyor produced his preliminary report which…