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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…

An Italian freight forwarder was instructed by shippers to transport a consignment of copper pipes from a factory in Brescia to the load port, La Spezia, for onward shipment to Algiers.  The…

The former manager of a ship which had been sold received a debit note for the P&I release call.  The terms of payment of the release call were that failure to pay by a specified date would…

Scandinavian ship managers were appointed as technical managers of a tanker owned by a K/S limited partnership.  The management agreement was originally between the ship managers and the…

A liner agent in France acted for one partner in a joint service from North America to Northern Europe.  In their capacity as agents for the joint service partner the agents received a claim…

A liner operator running a service between Europe and the Far East provided its agent in the UK with a breakdown of additional charges to be levied for the transportation of containers to and from…

During Thanksgiving week cargo receivers in the US telephoned an agent's office daily on numerous occasions requesting a release date for two containers of furniture for which they were the notify…

A broker for the time charterer fixed a ship on the NYPE form for one time charter trip from Rio de Janeiro to the Arabian Gulf/ Pakistan/ India/ Indonesia  range. During fixture negotiations…