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Fret et connaissements

La référence en matière de fret, d’assurance et de risques connexes.

Notre équipe mondiale dédiée au fret aide les clients à gérer toutes les questions relatives au fret. Nous nous concentrons sur le traitement et la résolution des problèmes à n’importe quelle étape du processus de transport. Nous possédons de l’expérience dans le traitement des litiges concernant les connaissements, les réclamations portant sur la quantité ou la qualité, la pénurie ou la contamination, l’avarie commune et les conseils sur les lettres d’indemnisation.

Nous travaillons en étroite collaboration avec nos clients pour recueillir des preuves, pour obtenir des garanties, notamment en coordonnant les procédures d’arrestation ou de saisie et pour envisager les champs de compétences et les options de contrat. Notre réseau international nous permet d’être sur le terrain dans différents territoires en traitant les intérêts de nos clients au point de contact.

Un grand nombre des membres de notre équipe conseillent les arbitres du Lloyd’s Open Form Salvage depuis plusieurs décennies. Agissant pour des compagnies d’assurance du monde entier, nous avons traité plus de 1 500 cas au cours des 40 dernières années.

Nous faisons preuve de souplesse dans l’élaboration de la procédure de traitement des réclamations la plus appropriée pour chaque client et nous adopterons la solution la plus adéquate, que ce soit par la négociation, la médiation, l’arbitrage ou le litige, afin d’obtenir un résultat optimal.

Notre travail en matière de fret et de connaissements

  • Tout
  • Afrique
  • Amérique du Nord
  • Asie-Pacifique
  • Royaume-Uni et Europe
  • Total loss of the Kiani Situ

    Advising cargo insurers after a bulk carrier ran aground with a cargo of rice. The vessel was refloated but it was not possible to bring it to port due to damage to the hull and the vessel subsequently sank

    South Africa

    "AQASIA"

    Led the UK High Court and Court of Appeal litigation for the successful insurers of the cargo. This is a key decision on the inapplicability of Hague Rules limitation to bulk cargo.

    United Kingdom

    "MAERSK TANGIER" [2018]

    Advising successful subrogated cargo insurers in recovery claim for US$1.2m before the UK High Court and Court of Appeal. This was the first ever English reported case on meaning of container limitation provision in the Hague-Visby Rules.

    United Kingdom

    Heung-a Dragon cargo loss 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, after which only the on-deck cargo could be salvaged` and nearly all 600 containers were lost

    Vietnam

    Largest warehouse cargo fraud case in a decade

    Acting for insurers to defend a cargo claim following a warehouse fraud in which 144,000 MT of soybeans were lost. This case is thought to be the largest single cargo insurance case in the last decade

    Indonésie

    MSC Flaminia major onboard fire

    Advising insurers on substantial claims for cargo loss and damage following a major fire on board a containership, during which several crew died, the ship was heavily damaged and at least 60% of the cargo on board was destroyed

    United States

    Saga Explorer and testing of the Retla Clause

    Advising multiple cargo insurers on a case relating to letters of indemnity, fraud and title to sue. This case saw the Retla Clause tested for the first time in the UK courts and is a major development in relation to the extent to which the apparent good order and condition of steel cargo can be qualified

    United Kingdom

    Sinking the MSC Napoli and the loss of over 2000 containers

    Advising on the MSC Napoli, a container vessel which suffered structural damage whilst on a voyage from Northwest Europe to South Africa laden with approximately 2,600 containers

    South Africa

    Total loss of MOL Comfort

    Advising multiple cargo insurers on the total loss of USD 600 million of cargo after "MOL COMFORT" broke in two, caught fire and sank in two sections, losing all 4,382 containers on board. This is the largest container vessel ever be lost

    United Kingdom
  • Total loss of the Kiani Situ

    Advising cargo insurers after a bulk carrier ran aground with a cargo of rice. The vessel was refloated but it was not possible to bring it to port due to damage to the hull and the vessel subsequently sank

    South Africa

    Sinking the MSC Napoli and the loss of over 2000 containers

    Advising on the MSC Napoli, a container vessel which suffered structural damage whilst on a voyage from Northwest Europe to South Africa laden with approximately 2,600 containers

    South Africa
  • MSC Flaminia major onboard fire

    Advising insurers on substantial claims for cargo loss and damage following a major fire on board a containership, during which several crew died, the ship was heavily damaged and at least 60% of the cargo on board was destroyed

    United States
  • Largest warehouse cargo fraud case in a decade

    Acting for insurers to defend a cargo claim following a warehouse fraud in which 144,000 MT of soybeans were lost. This case is thought to be the largest single cargo insurance case in the last decade

    Indonésie

    Heung-a Dragon cargo loss 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, after which only the on-deck cargo could be salvaged` and nearly all 600 containers were lost

    Vietnam
  • "AQASIA"

    Led the UK High Court and Court of Appeal litigation for the successful insurers of the cargo. This is a key decision on the inapplicability of Hague Rules limitation to bulk cargo.

    United Kingdom

    "MAERSK TANGIER" [2018]

    Advising successful subrogated cargo insurers in recovery claim for US$1.2m before the UK High Court and Court of Appeal. This was the first ever English reported case on meaning of container limitation provision in the Hague-Visby Rules.

    United Kingdom

    Saga Explorer and testing of the Retla Clause

    Advising multiple cargo insurers on a case relating to letters of indemnity, fraud and title to sue. This case saw the Retla Clause tested for the first time in the UK courts and is a major development in relation to the extent to which the apparent good order and condition of steel cargo can be qualified

    United Kingdom

    Total loss of MOL Comfort

    Advising multiple cargo insurers on the total loss of USD 600 million of cargo after "MOL COMFORT" broke in two, caught fire and sank in two sections, losing all 4,382 containers on board. This is the largest container vessel ever be lost

    United Kingdom

Notre équipe spécialisée en fret et en connaissements

Leon Alexander
Leon Alexander

Partner

Jane Andrewartha
Jane Andrewartha

Partner

Andrew Bicknell
Andrew Bicknell

Partner

Craig Bird
Craig Bird

Partner

Ik Wei Chong
Ik Wei Chong

Partner / Managing Director, Asia

Eleanor Coates
Eleanor Coates

Partner

Simon Culhane
Simon Culhane

Partner

Fernando Escamilla
Fernando Escamilla

Partner

Elizabeth Evans
Elizabeth Evans

Partner

Frederick Fein
Frederick Fein

Partner

John Flaherty
John Flaherty

Partner

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