Maritime and Shipping Consulting

The maritime and shipping industry touches and concerns various aspects of commercial transactions and is regulated by scores of legislations and conventions. EH provides a wide gamut of services which helps investors and other stakeholders in the maritime and shipping sector to safely and profitably navigate the waters of the maritime and shipping sector. Our services covers the very essential and practical legal guidance, advisories and opinions on issues concerning the transportation of persons, carriage of goods by sea, purchase and sale of ships, hiring, leasing and chattering of ships, registration of ships, ship finance, ship mortgages, marine insurance claims, admiralty claims, the eligibility of Nigerian-owned ships, joint-venture-owned ships, bare-boat chartered-in ships and foreign-owned ships for registration, and the licensing and temporary registration of foreign-owned ships in the special register for vessels and ship owning companies engaged in cabotage trade, arrest and release of ships, law of the sea, charter parties, collision, salvage, towage agreements and actions, harbour and port operations, marine and oil pollution claims and liabilities, death and personal injury claims, demurrage claims, general maritime inquiries, consultancy on maritime conventions, drafting of maritime legislations, maritime policy and administration, maritime training, workshops and seminars, protection of ships and cargo interests and a wide range of other aspects of the ubiquitous maritime and shipping industry