Maritime Law

Maritime Law

Maritime Law is one of the most important inhouse areas in terms of experience and practice, allowing us to provide counseling to shipowners, charterers, mortgage creditors, P&I and Hull and Machinery underwriters, intermediaries and insurance agents, forwarders and cargo consignees, among others, in order to facilitate their operations in Mexico. Our services include:

Accidents

  • Collision
  • Sinking
  • Limitation of liability
  • Contingency management

Tow and Salvage

  • Towage Contracts
  • Rescue
  • Intervention in case of Lloyd's Open Form and SCOPIC clause

Gross Average

  • Gross Average
  • Issuance of Guarantees
  • Process for cargo retention in favor of shipping company

P&I / FD&D

  • Pollution
  • Damage to fixed and floating objects
  • Stowaways and refugees
  • Crew (death, personal accidents)

Pollution and Removal of Remains

  • Removal of remains
  • Oil pollution by hydrocarbons
  • Damage to reefs
  • Scuttling

Chartering and Transport Agreements

  • Charter agreements in all its modalities
  • Maritime Cargo Transport Agreements
  • Multimodal transport
  • Cargo Custom Procedures
  • Legal Aspects of Logistics in Mexico and Abroad

Purchase of Ships and Naval Mortgage

  • Vessel Purchase Agreements
  • Vessel construction agreements
  • Guarantees of foreign financing to Mexican clients (mortgages and other liens)

Yachts

  • Purchase
  • Lease
  • Financing

Administrative

  • Flagging and Flag Dismissal
  • National Maritime Public Register
  • Navigation Permits
  • Permanence Permits
  • Public Bids
  • Administrative fines.