Maritime Risk International
Warning on document fraud
The International Transport Intermediaries Club has issued warnings on the increasing prevalence of documentation fraud and
is reinforcing the message by highlighting a recent case it handled on behalf of a broker. The case involved a vessel coming
off hire. Under the charter agreement the ship was to be redelivered with a set quantity of bunkers onboard. The returning
charterer put the shipbroker in touch with their usual bunker supplier in China as it made sense for that supplier to provide
all the bunkers which would be part funded by the returning charterer and part by the owner.