Fret et connaissements

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