Marine

Experience/deals

• Afrique
• Amériques
• Asie Pacifique
• Moyen-Orient
• Royaume-Uni & Europe

• Coverage advice to Cargo Insurers in relation to loss/ seizure in West Africa

  Advising cargo insurers on coverage issues arising in relation to claims by the insured for loss/seizure/misappropriation of rice and veg oil cargoes in West Africa

  Cote dIvoire

• Floating unit collision USD 20 million claim

  Acting for an insurer in relation to the P-XXV case involving a USD 20 million claim by a Brazilian insured for loss and damage following the collision of a floating unit

  Brazil

  US defence contractor property damage and business interruption dispute

  Advising and conducting defence of major reinsurance carrier in reinsurance dispute (Bermuda Form arbitration) with US defence contractor in relation to USD 1 billion property damage and business interruption claim following damage to its Gulf Coast shipyards and 15 US naval vessels under...

  United States

• Large pipeline rupture offshore Hainan

  Acting for subrogated insurers in a recovery action in respect of a large pipeline rupture offshore Hainan, China the most high-profile and serious oil pollution incident in China’s maritime history

  China

  Cargo claims against a large number of NVOCCs

  Assisting a number of cargo insurers to pursue cargo claims against a large number of NVOCCs in Hong Kong in relation to the loss of cargoes as a result of the sinking of the carrying container vessel in June 2013

  Hong Kong

  Phantom ship theft

   Acting for marine insurers to defend a claim for total loss based on a phantom ship theft of a full cargo shipped from Thailand to West Africa. The decision led to the rewriting of the Change of Voyage Clause in the New ICC 2009

  Thailand

  Pursuing recovery for loss of cargo following collision

  Defending claims for the salvage and general average of the surviving containers, and pursuing recovery for the loss of cargo following a collision between a container ship and a bulk carrier, following which only the on-deck cargo was salvaged and nearly all 600 containers were lost

  Vietnam

• Capsize of the offshore vessel Demas Victory

  Acting for insurers in relation to the “Demas Victory”, an offshore supply vessel, which capsized inbound to Qatar resulting in 30 deaths and ensuing criminal and civil proceedings, insurance and blood money issues

  Qatar

  Advising multiple cargo insurers on largest container vessel to ever be lost

  Advising multiple cargo insurers on the total loss of USD 300 million of cargo after container broke in two, caught fire and sank in two sections, losing all 4,382 containers on board. This is the largest container vessel ever to be lost

  Yemen

• Pursuing recovery for loss of cargo following collision

  Bahamian-flagged car carrier that sank in the North Sea after a collision with the Cyprus-registered container ship. (Loss amount USD 35 million)

  Germany

  Defending steel loss claims

  Successfully defending European insurers from proceedings brought against them by their insured in the UK regarding loss of steel valued at USD 5 million. The case was dismissed and referred to in the Courts in Switzerland and ultimately settled for less than USD 100,000

  Switzerland

  Engine breakdown and fraudulent claims

  Advising insurers on a dispute in respect of a EUR 1.4 million claim concerning engine breakdown and subsequent fraudulent claims

  United Kingdom

  Defending product liability and wrongful death allegations

  Acting for shipowners and insurers in the successful defence and settlement of wrongful death and products liability claims by the family of a ship’s officer who died after an explosion in the engine room of a refrigerated cargo ship on high seas

  United Kingdom

  Demurrage and detention claims

  Successfully representing an oil trader in relation to demurrage and detention claims resulting from an owners’ refusal to accept the nominated vessel to perform a ship-to-ship transfer

  United Kingdom