Clyde & Co

Recent experience

• Acting for a palm oil trading house in an action against shipowners for shortage and overheating damage to the cargo during transit
• Representing a major container operator in its dispute with another liner company under vessel sharing agreements
• Advising an oil company on its legal exposure to pollution liabilities arising out of its operations
• Acting for an International Group P&I club in relation to its claim for an indemnity against a vessel's charterers following damage to a chemical cargo
• Representing the owners of a crane barge adrift at sea after the breakdown of its towing vessel
• Advising a ship repairer in relation to claims arising out of work undertaken on a sizeable vessel fleet
• Representing a substantial wheat exporter in a GAFTA arbitration against their buyers concerning price, quantity and quality
• Acting for an oil trading house and vessel owner in an action against charterers for recovery of damages after cancellation of the charterparty
• Advising a major oil company on its terms and conditions of petroleum sales