Transportation: Shipping

Our shipping team possesses over 20 years of expertise in handling a comprehensive range of wet and dry shipping matters, as well as admiralty-related issuesOur shipping team has more than 20 years of experience in assisting in all sort of wet and dry shipping matters and admiralty, having provided regular advice to the global shipping & maritime community, from shipowners, charterers, carriers, P&Is, ship managers and brokers, funds, banks and shipyards.

Our track record includes assisting different multiple players across 07 jurisdictions., Coupled with the intricate transactions we manage on a daily basis, this has enabled us to develop the together with the complex transactions in which we are involved on a daily basis, and has allowed us to gather the knowledge, skills and expertise required to provide our clients with sound, practical and high-quality advice wherever their activities or deals may take them.

VdA’s experience in Shipping is mainly focused in:

• admiralty

• bunkering & trade

• cargo recovery

• charter parties

• customs

• pollution

• regulatory

• terminal operations

• sale and purchase transactions

• salvage and wreck removal

• ship finance

• shipping dispute (arrest included)

Reference should be made to the teams’ experience in the specific matters arising from shipping activities associated with the Oil & Gas cluster – including wreck removal and environmentally sensitive issues –, notably in West Africa.