Shipping

ENSafrica’s dedicated shipping, ports and logistics team focuses on avoiding and minimising loss encountered in the business of shipping. Where loss is inevitable, we aid in the recovery of the loss and do so in the most commercially sensible and effective way possible.

Our key differentiator is our ever-growing presence in African harbours (including the major ports of Accra, Cape Town, Dar es Salaam, Durban, Port Louis and Walvis Bay), meaning that we are able to assist you in a range of matters in and around Africa’s waters.

We are able to provide you with a comprehensive casualty response following incidents of collision, grounding, sinking, fire and explosion, pollution, loss of cargo, and damage to cargo, and we are also able to facilitate matters concerning salvage and entry into bays and ports of vessels in distress, as a result of our relationships with the relevant role players.

Our clients include Protection and Indemnity (P&I) clubs and liner clients, and we act regularly for fishing majors.

Recent work highlights:

• USD200-million claims in London arbitration proceedings following the grounding and wrecking of MV “SMART” at Richards Bay.
• USD20-million claim following a collision involving MV “JULIAN” in Durban.
• ZAR16-million claim by a major oil company after MT “BOW SUN” damaged a pipeline in Mossel Bay (with the question being whether the owners are responsible for the pilot ordering the dropping of the anchor out of position).