Maritime & Transportation

New Zealand has a thriving import/export sector which is heavily dependent on shipping and local transportation. It is also renowned for its boat building industry and as a destination for touring sailors.

At Fee Langstone, we are skilled and experienced at managing the myriad legal issues that arise in these areas. We act for marine insurers (cargo, hull, liability, domestic risks), P & I / FD & D insurers, those involved in the boat building sector, importers and exporters, freight forwarders, domestic carriers and warehouse operators.

Some of the work we regularly undertake includes:

Acting for marine insurers across the whole range of their activity, covering cargo, hull and liability. This includes policy response advice, policy drafting, defence of disputed claims against insurers, defence of insureds with liability policies and subrogated recoveries.
Admiralty – ship arrest, priorities disputes and the like. We have also represented the crew of arrested ships to ensure their well-being, repatriation and payment of wage arrears, on numerous occasions.
Acting directly for freight forwarders. This includes drafting trading and bill of lading terms, assisting with risk management, dispute resolution and commercial issues.
Dealing with issues arising with the carriage of goods, including air, sea and domestic carriage.
Assisting importers and exporters in relation to terms of sale, letters of credit and the like.
Maritime related commercial activity, including ship sale and purchase, ship registration, financing and charter parties.
Debt collection.
International sale, purchase and carriage of goods.