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A forwarder included "all shipments subject to the CMR Convention” in a written booking with a ship agent for line haulage. The agent failed to spot this note and appointed a haulier who…

The principal of a ship manager had taken delivery of a number of new buildings. Some of the ships were subject to a “sale and charter back” agreement. The principal had indicated he would consider…

An English port agent was nominated by a charterer with whom they did significant amounts of business. The agent was instructed by the charterer to release a steel cargo without production of the…

A surveying company recruited a senior staff member from a rival who brought a major client to his new firm. The surveyor used an existing reporting format. Shortly after the surveyor started his new…

A Turkish liner agent was requested by the receiver of 12 containers of frozen meat shipped from Denmark to deliver them without original bills of lading. The carrier's bills of lading were consigned…

A port agent in the Middle East appointed stevedores on behalf of the shipowner. It was only when he sent the invoice to the shipowner that the agent discovered that the cargo had been booked on a…

A P&I Club correspondent was requested to attend on board a ship to survey a cargo of 2,000 metrictonnes of bulk fertilizer, which had been contaminated by residues from a previous cargo. The…

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 shipowning…

While berthing at a UK port, a Turkish owned ship struck the jetty. The agents passed the port’s repair bill of GBP37,850 to the owners. Nothing further was heard from the owners for a period of…

A commercial manager in Germany was instructed by the owners of a ship under management not to fix cargo for this ship for voyages up the River Rhone. This followed previous bad experience of a…