SHIPPING
A genuine maritime nation, Cyprus is a major shipmanagement centre worldwide with a total of around 60 shipmanagement companies operating in its territory. Several of these companies rank among the largest of their kind in the world. Cyprus appears to be among the top five countries and territories in the world with the largest number of third party shipmanagement companies on its territory. The Cyprus registry today, ranking tenth among international fleets – with 1,857 ocean going vessels of a gross tonnage exceeding 21 million- is continuously upgrading its services in order to offer a high standard of support to international shipping and a reputation of a “Flag of Progress”.
Our Law Firm render its legal services to ship owners, ship managers, carriers, maritime security companies, freight forwarders, underwriters and cargo claimants with respect to the following matters:
sale and purchase contracts for new build vessels both at the pre-delivery and post-delivery stage
- Drafting and advising on time, voyage and bareboat charters
- Drafting contracts of affreightment
- Draftin pooling and capacity sharing arrangements for a wide range of vessel types
- Drafting joint venture and shareholders’ agreements
- Carrying out registration of Ships and other vessels
- Advising on financing, operation and ownership of vessels
- Advising and litigating on cargo losses
- Advising on Charterparties
- Advising on and litigating collusion disputes
- Advising on and litigating Oil Pollution issues and environmental disputes
- Advising on towage and salvage claims
- Drafting and advising on ship building and ship repair contracts
- Litigating vessel-related personal injury claims
- Advising on employment issues regarding officers and crew
- Litigating on all Admiralty and Maritime issues, including ship arrest proceedings
- Advising on the Law of the Sea and Public International Law issues
- Advising on and litigating Law of the Sea disputes (internationally and domestically)
- Advising on the provision of maritime security services on board Cyprus ships
- Attending to the licensing and authorisation of private maritime security companies
