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    With a focus on the regulatory frameworks, policy theories and complicated cases related to marine, shipping, maritime commerce, marine insurance, and ship collision, Grandall's marine & maritime team specializes in resolving various intricate disputes in marine and maritime, and offering various non-litigation legal services, such as the planning of marine-related strategy and industrial development, ship financial lease, purchase and sale of vessels, and merger and acquisition of shipbuilding companies. Grandall's maritime lawyers possess broad international vision, multi-lingual skills and deep expertise in both international treaties and maritime laws of China and other major coastal jurisdictions, which enable them to provide a range of legal services tailored to the needs of government authorities, industry associations, companies, logistics enterprises and other entities. In addition, a number of lawyers at Grandall serve, or have served, as advisory experts to government authorities, and as arbitrators within renowned arbitration bodies, including the China Maritime Arbitration Commission and the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre.

    1. Marine-Related Legal Services
      • Protection of marine rights and interests

      • Marine management and enforcement of related administrative laws

      • Resolution of disputes regarding marine areas and islands

      • Conservation of marine ecology and prevention of pollution

      • Legislative revision, industry planning and provision of advisory and training services related to the marine economy

    2. Maritime Legal Services
      • Ship collisions and allisions involving ships and fixed structures

      • Pollution of waters

      • Incidents of personal injury or death at sea

      • Salvage operations at sea

      • General average and particular average

      • Fire and explosion incidents at sea

      • Other disputes involving maritime torts

    3. Legal Services for Disputes Involving
      • Purchase, sale, building, operation and leasing of ships

      • Crew employment and other relevant disputes

      • Transportation of goods, passengers and luggage by sea and through navigable inland waterways

      • Ship agency and freight forwarding services

      • Supply of ship equipment, stores and fuel

      • Storage, custody and warehousing of goods within port facilities

      • Operation and management of ports, or leasing, operation and management of docks

      • Marine insurance policies

      • Other disputes regarding maritime commerce

    4. Other Legal Services
      • Disputes concerning marine development and exploitation

      • Maritime administrative proceedings

      • Recognition and enforcement of arbitration awards from international maritime arbitration proceedings

      • Special maritime proceedings such as petitions for preservations, injunctions, etc.

    A series of arbitration and enforcement proceedings for a dispute between Nanjing Zhonggang Shipping Co., Ltd. and Shanghai Zhongchuan Heavy Industry Wanbang Shipping Co., Ltd. over bareboat charters with a total value of RMB 130 million

    Execution case involving the RMB 403.3 million auction of an oil tanker by Haikou Maritime Court - recognized as one of the "Top 10 Enforcements Cases in People's Courts of the Year 2019" by the Supreme People's Court

    The Headquarter of Hangzhou Bay Bridge v. Soleado Pte., Ltd. and Aeromic Shipping (S) Pte., Ltd. regarding damages to the bridge resulting from a ship collision incident

    Damages claimed by Donghai Fishery Bureau against the Shipping Corporation of India Ltd. for the oil pollution caused by the ship collision between M/V Desh Rakshak and M/V Min Long Yu 2802

    Japan P&I Club v. Golden Light Overseas Development Company Limited regarding a ship collision involving M/V TRADEQUIKR - a case released in the "Gazette of the Supreme People's Court"

    Marine ecological damages and fishery resources damages claimed by Tianjin Oceanic Administration together with 7 villages in Tianjin Hangu District arising from oil spill by a foreign tanker

    Sansha Ecological and Environmental Bureau v. Jonathan John Shipping Ltd. regarding compensation for ecological damages

    A foreign-related marine natural resources and ecological environment damage compensation lawsuit between a certain Bureau and a shipping company - The first case in China where compensation for marine ecological environment damage in the South China Sea was claimed through judicial proceedings against a foreign vessel, and the claim was successfully upheld.

    A dispute over the liability for the damage to underwater facilities caused by ship involving Huizhou Hailong Shipping Co., Ltd. and Hainan Power Grid Wenchang Power Supply Bureau

    Compensation for the "April 12th" Bohai Sea maritime disaster

    A dispute between A/S Dan-Bunkering Ltd. and Aries Shipping Co., Ltd. over a bunker supply contract involving the arrest of a vessel in the U.S.

    Lyra Shipping Co., Ltd. v. Atlas Iron Pty Ltd. and China Railway Materials Import & Export Co., Ltd., a legal proceeding conducted in London for an L/G dispute

    An arbitration proceeding between Nanjing Zhonggang Shipping Co., Ltd. and Jihua Yueyang New Material Technology Co., Ltd. for a charter dispute

    Anhui Aoxin Shipping Co., Ltd. v. China Railway Jiujiang Bridge Engineering Co., Ltd. for a dispute over a waterway transportation contract

    Wuhu Dajiang Environmental Protection Engineering Co., Ltd. v. Shanghai Huansheng Ship Service Co., Ltd. for a shipbuilding contract dispute

    Nanjing Zhonggang Shipping Co., Ltd. v. Nanjing Haishun Maritime Service Co., Ltd. involving a dispute over a labor dispatch contract

    Comprehensive services for Chalco Hong Kong Limited's chartering and overseas acquisition of mines and docks

    Provided daily and special legal services to China Ship Fund - China's first national-level shipping industry investment fund

    COSCO Shipping Investment Dalian's acquisition of Hainan Zhaogang Shipping Co., Ltd.

    Provided professional services to the shipowner in Hainan Strait Shipping's acquisition of "HAIKOU LIU HAO", "HAIKOU JIU HAO" and "HAIKOU SHI LIU HAO" vessels

    Providing policy consultation and non-litigation legal services for the marine industry and economic development

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