Casualty, Salvage & Wreck Removal

Our Casualty, Wreck & Salvage Removal Work

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• Bombay High North vessel collision with oil platform

  Advising in relation to an oil platform off the coast of India which was destroyed by a fire following a supply ship collision

  India

  “CN JUMBOS”

  "CN JUMBOS" c/w "ANTON TOPIC - advising owners, P&I and hull insurers on liability and charter issues of a bulk carrier following a collision off Thailand

  Thailand

  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

  Chemical tanker explosion

  Advising on the explosion within a chemical tanker after a gas injection into a void space from its cargo of naphtha caused structural damage from the fire and the death of a crewman, whilst off the coast of Lisbon

  Portugal

  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

  Collision/allision

  • - “CN JUMBOS” c/w “ANTON TOPIC – advising owners, P&I and hull insurers on liability and charter issues of a bulk carrier following a collision off Thailand
     
  • - “FORMOSAPRODUCT BRICK” – advising on all aspects of the casualty, including salvage, general average and collision liability, following the collision of a tanker with a bulk carrier
     
  • - Acting for an international P&I Club and a H&M insurer in a case concerning the collision of two vessels in...

  Thailand

  Fire and explosion

  • - Advising on the explosion within a chemical tanker after a gas injection into a void space from its cargo of naphtha caused structural damage from the fire and the death of a crewman, whilst off the coast of Lisbon
     
  • - “ATLANTIK CONFIDENCE” – advising on the total loss of a bulk carrier and its cargo following a fire in the engine room. We have been acting for the owner to establish a limitation fund in the English courts, using a P&I Club letter of undertaking
    Brazil

  Formosaproduct Brick vessel collision

   Advising on all aspects of the casualty, including salvage, general average and collision liability, following the collision of a tanker with a bulk carrier

  Malaysia

  General average

  • - Advising Vessel Providers in a charter sharing arrangement on General Average issues following a container ship fire
     
  • - "YASA AYSEN” – advising hull insurers and proceeding against P&I Club in High Court over whether storage costs recoverable in GA on shut out cargo following grounding and refloating in Indonesia
     
  • - Advising time charterers/slot charterers and their P&I insurers on liability and GA exposure on fires within container vessels on...

  Indonesia
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• Pollution

  • - Representing and advising various interests arising from the most high-profile and serious maritime oil pollution incident in China’s maritime industry at the Penglai 19-3 oil field in June 2011 resulting in the establishment of compensation funds worth USD 480 million
         
  • - Our team now includes US lawyers who served as lead counsel representing vessel interests and their P&I underwriters in the 2007 “COSCO BUSAN” allision with San Francisco-Oakland Bay bridge...

  United States

• Fire and explosion

  • - Advising on the explosion within a chemical tanker after a gas injection into a void space from its cargo of naphtha caused structural damage from the fire and the death of a crewman, whilst off the coast of Lisbon
     
  • - “ATLANTIK CONFIDENCE” – advising on the total loss of a bulk carrier and its cargo following a fire in the engine room. We have been acting for the owner to establish a limitation fund in the English courts, using a P&I Club letter of undertaking
    Brazil

  Salvage/scopic

  • - “ELLI” – advising a shipowner and its P&I Club following a grounding off Aden and subsequently when she broke her back in Suez while preparing 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. The vessel was towed in 2 halves in the Red Sea to Aden under a renegotiated LOF/Scopic Clause Grounding, bunker removal and potential...

  Mexico

  Wreck removal

  • - “PERRO NEGRO 6” – Advising on the total loss and subsequent wreck removal of a jack up drilling rig offshore Angola
     
  • - Livestock carrier overturned in Brazil laden with cattle – representing hull and P& I insurers in liability claims and wreck removal
     
  • - “ANA” – Acting for the “blue card” insurer of M/V “ANA” which ran aground and capsized off Lianjiang due to a severe typhoon in Fujian province of China, this had led to various claims including...

  Venezuela

• Bombay High North vessel collision with oil platform

  Advising in relation to an oil platform off the coast of India which was destroyed by a fire following a supply ship collision

  India

  General average

  • - Advising Vessel Providers in a charter sharing arrangement on General Average issues following a container ship fire
     
  • - "YASA AYSEN” – advising hull insurers and proceeding against P&I Club in High Court over whether storage costs recoverable in GA on shut out cargo following grounding and refloating in Indonesia
     
  • - Advising time charterers/slot charterers and their P&I insurers on liability and GA exposure on fires within container vessels on...

  Indonesia

  Formosaproduct Brick vessel collision

   Advising on all aspects of the casualty, including salvage, general average and collision liability, following the collision of a tanker with a bulk carrier

  Malaysia

  Major collision mobilizing Master Mariners

  Acting for the owners, P&I Club and hull underwriters on a matter involving a major collision in the South China Sea. Immediate mobilisation was required with one of our Master Mariners travelling to the scene of the collision in Singapore in order to take evidence

  Singapore

  “CN JUMBOS”

  "CN JUMBOS" c/w "ANTON TOPIC - advising owners, P&I and hull insurers on liability and charter issues of a bulk carrier following a collision off Thailand

  Thailand

  Collision/allision

  • - “CN JUMBOS” c/w “ANTON TOPIC – advising owners, P&I and hull insurers on liability and charter issues of a bulk carrier following a collision off Thailand
     
  • - “FORMOSAPRODUCT BRICK” – advising on all aspects of the casualty, including salvage, general average and collision liability, following the collision of a tanker with a bulk carrier
     
  • - Acting for an international P&I Club and a H&M insurer in a case concerning the collision of two vessels in...

  Thailand

• Chemical tanker explosion

  Advising on the explosion within a chemical tanker after a gas injection into a void space from its cargo of naphtha caused structural damage from the fire and the death of a crewman, whilst off the coast of Lisbon

  Portugal

  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

• Total loss of Atlantik Confidence

  Advising on the total loss of a bulk carrier and its cargo following a fire in the engine room. We have been acting for the owner to establish a limitation fund in the English courts, using a P&I Club letter of undertaking

  Oman

  Onboard container ship explosion

  Advising on a major casualty case involving a 64,000 GT container vessel following a serious explosion in the engine room which caused a fire that spread through the ship, causing secondary explosions from seven containers full of fireworks which ignited

  Yemen