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The Club's lawyers arrested a tanker in Abidjan, much to the disgust and ire of the master who threatened the court bailiff with bodily harm. The owner paid and the same bailiff tried to release…

Unpaid disbursements are not the only problem which face ship agents.  In many countries ship agents have a joint and several liability with their principal for cargo claims, customs penalties,…

Norwegian ship brokers via a London broker, commenced negotiations for the sale of a tanker to a Greek buyer.  Discussions continued for several months until the shipowner went bankrupt and the…

In a recent case, a ship agent in the Far East was nominated by the voyage charterer (a well known trading house) to be the agent for the disponent owner (a well known and reputable shipping…

Three chartering brokers requested the assistance of the Club to recover US$55,400 commission unpaid by an oil trader.  The Club obtained information that the oil trader had another ship on time…

Where there is no obvious asset, such as a ship or bunkers, then other methods need to be considered.  A ship agent was owed US$75,000 by a Greek ship management company which had no obvious…

NOTIFY THE CLUB SOON - the older a debt, the harder it is to collect especially if the ship is sold or the debtor bankrupt.  In some countries the statutory time limit for collecting a debt is…

A liner agent booked a reconditioned soft drink bottling plant packed in 16 containers from Rotterdam to India.  The plant had been carefully dismantled, overhauled, and each component packed in…

A seller instructed a sale and purchase broker to find a buyer for two sister ships “with both spare propeller and tail-shaft available”.  The broker passed this to the buyer as “two sister…

When fixing a tanker to carry vegoil the charterer asked whether the tanks had been washed.  The owner’s broker telephoned the charterer’s broker to inform him that the tanks had been “washed…