Marine

The Firm has a bespoke and consolidated tradition in the marine and transport legal sector, assisting P&I insurers, H&M Underwriters and cargo  in claims and arrest actions (including defending the shipowner from the arrest) through the Italian territory in the context of marine casualties and general litigation. We assist Owners, carrier and their insurers in liability claims throughout the entire logistic chain (sea, land and air), also in connection with storage and logistic handling damages. We assist cargo insurers in recovery action in Italy particularly in CMR claims.

Some of our partners served as Officers the Italian Navy acquiring specific knowledge and expertise in the handling and management of marine casualties and pollution accidents.

Some of the cases in which the Firm was recently involved include the assistance of a US multinational corporation in a case where a large turbine was damaged en route from Egypt to Italy; the interests of the hull insurers following a collision in the Messina Straits; the interests of a Korean ship-owner in a pollution incident in Italian territorial waters; the cargo interests in an arrest action against an Italian ship owner following the loss of cargo of crude oil in Nigeria in a piracy hijacking; the interests of an IG P&I Club following death incidents on board commercial ships or related to damages arising out of collision with fixed objects.