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A firm of cargo superintendents sampled a shipment of wheat bound for France.  The samples were sent to a laboratory for testing for various specifications, which included moisture, protein and…

Two consignments, each of 712 cartons of children’s shoes, were carried on the same ship from Shanghai to Kotka, Finland, under two bills of lading with similar numbers.  When the Shanghai agent…

A cargo of ethyl alcohol was discharged from a ship at Hamburg in damaged condition. The cargo insurers paid the claim for damage, and obtained a letter of guarantee from the ship owner’s…

A charterer invited tenders for a long term time charter. The Member, a ship broker, sent his principal’s bid via an industry message system to the charterers mailbox in the United States. The bid…

It is important that Members ensure that their systems can cope with the pressures upon them. A liner company introduced a system for worldwide container control. The Member was one of their agents…

In order to meet a shipment deadline on a feeder service, cargo had to be booked by twelve noon. The agent, however, went out to lunch without checking his e-mail messages until his return at 2pm.…

A ship broker was negotiating the details of a fixture directly with two principals. The final clause on an offer ended in two separate paragraphs, each of two lines. When the broker forwarded the…

A shipbroker in Scandinavia was instructed by his principal to confirm re-delivery of a ship to its owners. He sent the notice of re-delivery to the owner’s broker in the Far East by e-mail, and…

The chief engineer of a ship was airlifted to a hospital in the Arabian Gulf suffering from appendicitis. The ship manager had to replace him before the ship could sail. A chief engineer with…

A ship agent in the Middle East released 31 containers against receipt of NVOC bills of lading after receiving a telex from the loadport agent informing him that freight had been collected and the…