Shipping

We provide wet and dry shipping and trade and commodity services for our maritime clients. These include General Average, ship arrest, cargo claims, jurisdictional disputes, charterparty disputes, commodity disputes, marine insurance, sale of goods, shipbuilding and ship maintenance, third party liability claims, sale and purchase of vessels, and commercial contract drafting.

We act for clients including shipowners and operators, NVOCCs, time, voyage and slot charterers, shippers and receivers, commodity traders, freight forwarders, logistics providers, and marine professional services providers. We represent parties in domestic and international litigation, arbitration, and mediation. 

WORK HIGHLIGHTS, representing:

• A claimant in the business of ship building and repair, and conversion of ships into off-shore structures. The claimant entered a contract with the defendant to convert a barge into a floating fish farm. When parties disputed the amounts to be paid, such as variation orders, the claimant obtained a warrant of arrest against the barge and the defendant applied to set it aside. The novel issue addressed was what the definition of a “ship” was under the High Court (Admiralty Jurisdiction) Act.
• A SGX listed offshore support vessel company with operations in various jurisdictions such as Singapore, China, Indonesia, Saudi Arabia and Mexico in many arbitration and court proceedings.
• A listed OSV company in various matters, including HKIAC arbitration against a China state owned entity in a claim exceeding USD 50 million pertaining to defects and non-conformity of specifications of a vessel.

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