Hill Dickinson's shipping team has a long and enviable reputation for dealing with all aspects of both contentious and non-contentious shipping-related work.
The team receives instructions from the full spectrum of those involved in the maritime industry including ship owners, charterers, shipyards, P&I clubs, port and terminal operators, underwriters and traders.
Areas of contentious expertise include:
- Bill of lading and charterparty disputes
- Collisions and groundings
- Unsafe port and berth disputes
- Salvage, towage, wreck removal and general average
- Ship arrest and release
- Ship building and ship repair
- Personal injury (crew and passenger) and industrial disease
- Stowaways
- Marine insurance and re-insurance policies and disputes (including P&I
- Environment and pollution
- Admiralty (including arrest and limitation proceedings)
Areas of non-contentious expertise include:
- Ship building contracts
- Issues arising from corporate structures and shareholdings
- Regulatory issues
- Joint ventures, agency and distribution agreements
- Port infrastructure, re-organisation and funding
- Major Casualty and Emergency Response (including initial investigation work, taking evidence at the scene of the casualty and handling the media)
- Advice and assistance on the ISM Code and in contingency planning
- Ship management Agreements
- Advice on vessels' insurances and ISM compliance
- Charterparties
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