- Celso has strong experience advising shipowners, exporters, major foreign oil companies and traders in respect of breaches of charter parties, letters of credits and bills of lading relating to international sales and cargo losses, as well as issues arising from defective trans-shipment of goods and poor management and operation of a ship.
- Acting for Greek bank in application for freezing injunction and asset tracing claim against UK company in fraud scam of warehousing services.
- Advising P&I insurers of shipowners in claims against charterers for repudiatory breach of charterparty and non payment of hire; obtaining worldwide freezing orders in England and in Singapore so as to arrest fleet of vessels in several jurisdictions.
- Acting for port terminal owners in claims for breach of services agreement by shipowner/terminal user and wrongful termination.
- Acting on behalf of Spanish purchaser of steel coils in claim for breach of letters of credit terms against UK seller due to misdelivery of steel coils.
- Acting for London Hull underwriters in relating to shipowners’ Marpol criminal investigations relating to Marpol violation insurance claim in the USA.
- Advising hull insurers in respect of breaches of charterparty by insured in relation to cargo claims due to defective trans-shipment of goods, poor management and operation of ship and improper cleaning of cargo holds.
- Advising steel exporters and charterers on breach of charterparty by shipowners in carriage of contaminated cargo and application of Hamburg rules.
- Acting for P&I insurers of shipowners against cargo owners to release vessel arrested in Middle Eastern country and advising on service of claim out of the jurisdiction.
- Acting for Middle Eastern reinsurer as to FSA and Lloyd's regulatory breaches by Lloyd's broker and possible complaint procedures.