ship's agent

That was hardly a matter of concern for the owners or the ship's agent.

I've made the ship's agent fully conversant with my state of health."

The ship's agent who makes all claims in respect of that ship for the time when it is in any particular port.

This could mean that a ship may have a different ship's agent for each UK port.

It is presented at the local boarding station or import control station via the ship's agents.

Deaths of the elderly were once so routine that a ship's agent on Curaçao would greet arrivals with a cheery "Lose anyone?"

Then there was the ship's agent who made a run for it in his car, guessing we would search his house after picking him up with some uncustomed goods.

After passing his Abitur in 1932 at Johanneum zu Lübeck, he became an apprentice at the shipbroker and ship's agent F.H. Bertling.

The ship's agents declined to give its destination, saying only that it would head for a friendly country, but shipping officials speculated that it might be going to Libya or Tunisia.

With two weeks' notice, DHL picks up luggage at customers' homes and arranges shipment to the port of embarkation; the ship's agent delivers it to the vessel, clearing it at customs if needed.

Charles Aitcheson, president of Asca Marine Inc. of New York, the ship's agents, said the Corazon had enjoyed an easy passage across the Atlantic until "Bertha just swung right into her."

This list which contained 23 names of individuals who could be either crew or passengers was compiled from letters waiting for collection by the ship at the offices of George Wills & Co., the ship's agent in Adelaide.

More commonly, however, the agent for the owner or head charterer is a specialized ship's agent dedicated to service only specified owners or head charterers, who not only books chartered space but also provides port services for the chartered vessel.