Shipping, logistics and international services

Our Shipping, Logistics and International Services Team brings together specialists in a variety of disciplines who can help at every stage in the logistics chain, advising on everything from disputes over goods in transit and charterparty disputes to obtaining finance for start-ups of new distribution companies or the acquisition of major warehousing sites.  We can offer advice not only to businesses whose core activities are shipping, transport and distribution, but to anyone with a problem - or trying to avoid a problem - relating to the transport of goods.

Our expertise includes the following areas:

Shipping

• Bills of lading
• Charterparties
• Contracts of affreightment
• Cargo claims
• MoA disputes
• Club rules
• Shipbuilding disputes
• Marine insurance
• Cruise and ferry line operation
• Ship finance and Sale/Purchase

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Transport and Logistics

• Terms and conditions, including freight and passenger transport
• Carrier's liability, both domestic and CMR
• Logistics contracts - negotiation and enforcement
• Transport, distribution, warehousing and carriage disputes
• Road transport regulatory issues
• Road traffic accidents
• Product Liability Claims

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See also our teams which can deal with health and safety issues, employment of seafarers, debt collection, general corporate / commercial advice, corporate immigration.

Our lawyers take a commercial approach to your business.  Many have the experience of working in related industries and have ex-City backgrounds.   Above all, because of our location, we can offer City service at non-City prices.

The team has close contacts with maritime and transport lawyers in all major jurisdictions. We have lawyers with extensive language skills including Farsi, French, Spanish, German, Dutch, Mandarin, Cantonese and Russian.

More locally, we are actively involved in the Haven Gateway Partnership, promoting the local area that is encompassed by the ports of Felixstowe, Ipswich and Harwich.