FacebookTwitterEmailLinkedin Gard P&I Club informs on the challenges and legal risks shipowners face in China when handling bulk cargo shortages and related claims. According to Gard, shortage claims in China often stem from lightering operations, where cargo is transferred to smaller vessels at multiple ports before final discharge. This process can lead to quantity discrepancies due to factors affecting draft survey accuracy—such as sea swell, water density, ballast conditions, weather, and surveyor expertise. The absence of independent surveys at anchorage further complicates verification, exposing shipowners or charterers to short delivery claims. RelatedNews Tanker with Chinese crew attacked in the Strait of Hormuz Marine lubricants: A hidden seaworthiness risk var jnews_module_21350357_0_6a02281c1a61e = {"header_icon":"","first_title":"Related","second_title":"News","url":"","header_type":"heading_8","header_background":"","header_secondary_background":"","header_text_color":"","header_line_color":"","header_accent_color":"","header_filter_category":"","header_filter_author":"","header_filter_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_post_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_tribe_events_cat":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_category":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_tag":"","header_filter_text":"All","sticky_post":false,"sticky_post_filter":false,"post_type":"post","content_type":"all","sponsor":false,"number_post":"2","post_offset":0,"unique_content":"unique1","include_post":"","included_only":false,"exclude_post":"21350357","include_category":"","exclude_category":"","include_author":"","include_tag":"87,177,201,469","exclude_tag":"","exclude_visited_post":false,"post_tag":"","tribe_events_cat":"","web_story_category":"","web_story_tag":"","sort_by":"latest","show_date":"","date_format":"default","date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","pagination_mode":"disable","pagination_nextprev_showtext":"","pagination_number_post":"2","pagination_scroll_limit":0,"ads_type":"disable","ads_position":1,"a