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A German liner agent took a booking for 10,000 mt. of steel rails from Hamburg to China to be moved in three separate parcels of 5,000, 2,000 and 3,000 tonnes.  The agent had put forward details…

The American agent for a cruise ship was on the receiving end of a legal suit from two stevedores.  In the course of loading baggage on the ship, the stevedores had met a friend in the ship's…

A broker was representing charterers who fell behind in their obligations to pay hire to the owners.  The same brokers had also been involved in the sub-charter of the ship.  The owners…

Sale and purchase brokers representing the sellers of a vessel received a list of questions from the buyer's brokers including one as to whether the ship's underwater parts were painted with…

A North African oil company sent a circular to its panel of brokers informing them that tankers discharging at a certain North African port required a stern line.  About ten days later a London…

A sale and purchase broker acted for a shipyard in connection with the construction and purchase of three multi-purpose ships.  Under the terms of a separate commission agreement, the shipyard…

Always obtain the original b/l An Irish liner agent delivered a container of woodpulp against an original bill of lading which had been mailed to him.  The bill of lading was consigned "to…

Always obtain the correct b/l A liner agent in Denmark, having obtained an original bill of lading, authorised the release of a container of computer parts to a consignee in Russia, without noticing…

One of the agent's options, when the original bill of lading is not available, is to deliver against a letter of indemnity.  The indemnity does not relieve the carrier of liability to the cargo…

The agent should therefore also ask himself the questions set out in the following Rules: Has your principal given written authority to release and agreed the wording and security? An agent…