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Several offices of a large ship agency had provided services to a shipowner's owned ships and to one that had been chartered-in. Outstanding fees and disbursements totalled nearly US$200,000. Several…

A Belgian port agent accepted a booking from a local forwarder for his principal's sailing to North Africa.  He then received a document headed "Liner Booking Note" from the forwarder…

A ship manager in South East Asia ordered bunkers to be supplied at Chittagong on behalf of one of its shipowner clients. Unfortunately, the shipowner did not pay the bunker costs of approximately…

An error by a chartering broker during charterparty negotations resulted in a large claim.  A chemical tanker was fixed to load a part cargo at a designated berth in a terminal which could only…

A ship agent booked 10 containers to Houston, but after the containers had been discharged at Houston, Texas, it was discovered that they were intended for Houston, Pennsylvania.  The additional…

An in-house liner agent received a booking for eight metal-clad switchgear units to be transported on his principal's service to Panama.  Although the agent informed the shipper by telephone…

A UK liner agent booked the carriage of an electrical cable from Southampton to Singapore via Felixstowe. During the inland trucking of the cable to the port, the cable struck the underside of a road…

The broker for a charterer was informed by his principal that he owned tugs, shore facilities and other assets. The broker passed this information to the owner without mentioning that the information…

A ship agent in the Middle East agreed to "look after" two old Russian flag ships prior to sale.  This decision cost the Club a large amount of money.  Parties from the Middle…

A commercial manager took over a newly built container ship from a Chinese shipyard and arranged a first charter to a Korean company.  The charter called for the ship to proceed to load her…