Owners & Operators

Our Owners & Operators Work

• All
• Africa
• Asia Pacific
• Middle East
• North America
• UK & Europe

• Agarwal Coal Hight Court Appeal

  Acting for Agarwal Coal Corporation in an appeal to the High Court arising out of a challenge to the jurisdiction of an arbitration tribunal. The case constituted an important clarification of the law regarding the correct service of notices of arbitration.

  United Kingdom

  Blue Seas vessel collision

  Successfully acting for sellers and their P&I Club on a sale/purchase dispute after the vessel was involved in a collision in China hours before due delivery. Our client cancelled for non-payment of the balance price and claimed the deposit. The buyers argued they were not in default as the ship was not in deliverable condition when the delivery period expired

  China

  Collision of "ALPINE ETERNITY"

  Acting for "ALPINE ETERNITY" and Britannia P&I Club in relation to all aspects of the claims management process after the vessel collided with Iranian-owned oil rig 'SPD 13A.'

  United Kingdom

  Collision of VLCC "ALEXANDRA 1" and "EVER SMART"

  Acting for Nautical Challenge subsequent to the collision of the laden VLCC "ALEXANDRA 1" and the laden container vessel "EVER SMART" and brought the case to successful completion at trial in the Admiralty Court in London, including making new important law relating to the safe navigation of ocean going vessels.

  United Kingdom

  Cross-border multi party collision arbitration

  Advising a major Chinese shipowner and its UK-based P&I Club in a significant cross-border, multi-party arbitration arising out of the collision of a vessel with a loading berth in Brazil

  China

  Elli vessel grounding

  Advising a shipowner and its P&I Club following a grounding in which the vessel broke her back and then split in two under tow to Suez for drydocking. This case required quick action to avoid pollution and further damage to the vessel. We dealt with various other issues including salvage, towage, safety, regulation, insurance, hull and P&I

  United Kingdom

  Forward freight agreements claim

  Acting for BHP Billiton against the TMT shipowning group on a claim for over USD130m under forward freight agreements; and successful cross-border enforcement of judgment obtained in the English High Court.

  United Kingdom

  Good Luck vessel collision

  Acting for the vessel's owners and managers as well as their P&I Club on a complex collision case after the vessel, while anchored in Singapore, lost both her anchors and collided with seven other vessels. Seven security demands were quickly negotiated and detailed settlement negotiations followed where issues of quantum, evidence, jurisdiction and liability to third parties arose. The potential liability of this case was over USD 6 million

  Singapore

  Holy Light global cargo claim

  Acting for shipowners and their P&I Club in a highly contentious USD 2 million cargo claim in Yemen, which involved managing complex interlinking proceedings worldwide and recovery action against the charterers’ group

  Yemen

  Longshoremans personal injury claim

  Acting in the successful defence of the shipowners and the manager of a serious personal injury claim by a longshoreman for a crushed hand during loading of a cargo container ship at New York Container Terminal

  United States
  Load More

• Potential sanctions breach chartering Libyan crude oil

  Advising an owner in relation to a voyage order from charterers to load a crude oil cargo out of Libya, including as to whether the owner could comply with the voyage order without being in breach of sanctions

  Libya

• Cross-border multi party collision arbitration

  Advising a major Chinese shipowner and its UK-based P&I Club in a significant cross-border, multi-party arbitration arising out of the collision of a vessel with a loading berth in Brazil

  China

  Blue Seas vessel collision

  Successfully acting for sellers and their P&I Club on a sale/purchase dispute after the vessel was involved in a collision in China hours before due delivery. Our client cancelled for non-payment of the balance price and claimed the deposit. The buyers argued they were not in default as the ship was not in deliverable condition when the delivery period expired

  China

  NYK Argus onboard fire

  Instructed by Japanese owners and their P&I Club on the biggest container ship case in recent years, following a fire on board the vessel causing damage to high value electronic equipment

  Japan

  Good Luck vessel collision

  Acting for the vessel's owners and managers as well as their P&I Club on a complex collision case after the vessel, while anchored in Singapore, lost both her anchors and collided with seven other vessels. Seven security demands were quickly negotiated and detailed settlement negotiations followed where issues of quantum, evidence, jurisdiction and liability to third parties arose. The potential liability of this case was over USD 6 million

  Singapore

• Holy Light global cargo claim

  Acting for shipowners and their P&I Club in a highly contentious USD 2 million cargo claim in Yemen, which involved managing complex interlinking proceedings worldwide and recovery action against the charterers’ group

  Yemen

• Longshoremans personal injury claim

  Acting in the successful defence of the shipowners and the manager of a serious personal injury claim by a longshoreman for a crushed hand during loading of a cargo container ship at New York Container Terminal

  United States

  Salvage of Golden Seas

  Acting for owners and their P&I Club in the USD 4 million salvage of the vessel off Alaska, dealing with Lloyds Open Form salvage, General Average, salvage indemnity, cargo damage and a casualty investigation

  United States

• Agarwal Coal Hight Court Appeal

  Acting for Agarwal Coal Corporation in an appeal to the High Court arising out of a challenge to the jurisdiction of an arbitration tribunal. The case constituted an important clarification of the law regarding the correct service of notices of arbitration.

  United Kingdom

  Collision of "ALPINE ETERNITY"

  Acting for "ALPINE ETERNITY" and Britannia P&I Club in relation to all aspects of the claims management process after the vessel collided with Iranian-owned oil rig 'SPD 13A.'

  United Kingdom

  Collision of VLCC "ALEXANDRA 1" and "EVER SMART"

  Acting for Nautical Challenge subsequent to the collision of the laden VLCC "ALEXANDRA 1" and the laden container vessel "EVER SMART" and brought the case to successful completion at trial in the Admiralty Court in London, including making new important law relating to the safe navigation of ocean going vessels.

  United Kingdom

  Elli vessel grounding

  Advising a shipowner and its P&I Club following a grounding in which the vessel broke her back and then split in two under tow to Suez for drydocking. This case required quick action to avoid pollution and further damage to the vessel. We dealt with various other issues including salvage, towage, safety, regulation, insurance, hull and P&I

  United Kingdom

  Forward freight agreements claim

  Acting for BHP Billiton against the TMT shipowning group on a claim for over USD130m under forward freight agreements; and successful cross-border enforcement of judgment obtained in the English High Court.

  United Kingdom