OUR EXPERIENCE
Reimbursement of losses caused by unauthorized sale of cargo.
Successful protection of the freight forwarder in the case of recovery of damages caused by the unauthorized sale of cargo by the agent of the shipping line CMA CGM.
Reimbursement of losses caused by unauthorized sale of cargo.
The attorneys of Inmarine were nominated by the freight forwarder to provide legal assistance on the issue of reimbursement of the value of gelatin lost by the shipping line in a container. The loss of cargo occurred as a result of an uncoordinated and unauthorized forwarder of forced sale of goods by a line during its storage at the port of discharge. The sale was carried out despite the full and timely payment by the freight forwarder of services for the storage of cargo and is motivated by the minimization of losses by the line.
Decision
According to the established circumstances, attorney Victoria Zhdanova filed a statement of claim to the Arbitration Court of St. Petersburg and Leningrad Oblast. During the year, while the trial of the case lasted, the Inmarine team collected, evaluated and presented evidence confirming the defendant’s immediate guilt - the line agent in the loss of cargo.
The defendant denied involvement in the sale of the goods, referring to the limitation of his liability as an agent of the carrier. Meanwhile, our attorneys proved that the loss of cargo occurred not in the process of its transportation on the ship “BALKAN” (IMO 9358890), but during the period of its forced storage, which was paid by the claimant - the freight forwarder in full. To give explanations on the case, third parties were involved - the owner of the lost cargo, as well as the person who purchased the cargo after it was sold with the sanction of the defendant - an agent of the shipping line.
By decision of the Arbitration Court of St. Petersburg and Leningrad Oblast of 02/11/2016 on court case A56-41031, left unchanged by the Resolution of the Thirteenth Arbitration Court of Appeal of 05.26.2016, with the participation of Inmarine attorneys, from a CMA CGM agent in favor the freight forwarder recovered losses incurred by compensating the customer for the cost of forced gelatin sold during storage in the sea port of Rotterdam. The judicial act was executed within 5 working days from the date of entry into force, the amount of damages was fully recovered from the line agent in favor of the freight forwarder.
Disputes arising from international transportation in the framework of the provision of freight forwarding services, as a rule, are complex, require compliance with the pre-trial settlement procedure and the collection and provision of evidence, including outside the Russian Federation.
If you or your partners are faced with loss or damage to the cargo during the maritime transport, contact us to arrange legal assistance by email at sos@inmarin.ru or by phone +7 (812) 603-48-63.
St. Petersburg Law Offices "Inmarine" Pressing Service, 2018.
17.10.2017
Organization and support of the transaction for the sale of dry cargo vessels registered in the RMRS.
Inmarine’s LLC ship brokers conducted work on identifying the buyer for vessels at a fixed price and, based on its results, negotiations with the interested buyer were started.
Organization and support of the transaction for the sale of dry cargo vessels registered in the RMRS.
The trustee requested assistance in the sale of vessels Volga-44, Volga-35, registered in the Russian International Ship Register.
Decision
Inmarine’s LLC ship brokers conducted work on identifying the buyer for vessels at a fixed price and, based on its results, negotiations with the interested buyer were started.
St. Petersburg Law Offices "Inmarine" assisted in the negotiations of the Buyer and the Seller to agree on the price, legal and organizational terms of the deal on the sale of dry cargoes registered in the RMRS, with exemption from VAT payment, as well as the reflection of these conditions in the Memorandum of Agreement (hereinafter - Memorandum).
Under the terms of the Memorandum, the transfer of vessels took place in Turkey, and registration of transfer of ownership was made by changing the port of registration from the seaport "Big Port of St. Petersburg" to the seaport of Taganrog and subsequent registration of vessels for the Buyer.
After completion of registration actions, the vessel "Volga-44" was named "Zernograd", and "Volga-35" was renamed into "Salsk".
Maslov Kirill
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Maslov Kirill Andreevich ________________________ Managing Partner, attorney, capitan
St. Petersburg Law Offices “Inmarine” +7 (812) 363-13-64 sos@inmarin.ru |
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Being a successor of the traditions of the family of submarine naval officers, Kirill Maslov has experience of maritime practice as captain, which, combined with the experience of the legal counsel of practice allows Kirill to provide legal assistance to prevent and resolve accidents, emergency accidents and incidents at sea and river transport. Practical experience and expertise Kirill Maslov includes also the resolution of complex disputes in matters of ship owners for the construction and acquisition of fleet chandlers and marine agents in matters of payment of arrears for Maritime Claims, cargo owners in disputes for compensation for maritime transport.
Kirill Maslov is an author and trainer of workshops on the Law of the Sea for law students and professionals of the industry. Maintains a blog of maritime lawyer on Korabel.ru.
As an independent anti-corruption expert of the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation and a representative of the industry community Kirill Maslov participates in legislative activities and monitoring the enforcement of existing legislation in the field of maritime and river transport. |
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04.04.2018
Acquisition of a dry-cargo vessel of mixed (river-sea) navigation
Organization and support of the acquisition of the Volgo-Balt-210 ship (IMO 8230376).
Acquisition of a dry-cargo vessel of mixed (river-sea) navigation
In March 2018, the principal asked for help in support of the transaction on the acquisition of the Volgo-Balt 210. The complexity of the transaction was the fact that the company needed the seller to obtain shareholder approval for the transaction, the number of which exceeded 3,000 persons. Also, the transaction was made at the time when the new rules for registering ships entered into force, the practice of which was not formed at the time of execution of the contract.
The lawyers conducted a comprehensive audit of the seller’s company and the ship’s documents. Based on the results of the inspection, a contract of sale and purchase on the BIMCO pro forma was drawn up, the conclusion and execution of which, including the reception and transfer of the vessel, the representation of interests on registration of rights to the vessel, was accompanied by lawyers. Also, the company acted as an escrow agent to confirm the fulfillment of obligations by the parties to the transaction.
Due to the detailed preparation of a significant number of basic and additional documents submitted for state registration, the vessel was successfully registered for the new owner in a period significantly less than that established by the rules of registration of vessels in force since 2018.
Decision
Due to the detailed preparation of a significant number of basic and additional documents submitted for state registration, the vessel was successfully registered for the new owner in a period significantly less than that established by the rules of registration of vessels in force since 2018.
Maslov Kirill
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Maslov Kirill Andreevich ________________________ Managing Partner, attorney, capitan
St. Petersburg Law Offices “Inmarine” +7 (812) 363-13-64 sos@inmarin.ru |
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Being a successor of the traditions of the family of submarine naval officers, Kirill Maslov has experience of maritime practice as captain, which, combined with the experience of the legal counsel of practice allows Kirill to provide legal assistance to prevent and resolve accidents, emergency accidents and incidents at sea and river transport. Practical experience and expertise Kirill Maslov includes also the resolution of complex disputes in matters of ship owners for the construction and acquisition of fleet chandlers and marine agents in matters of payment of arrears for Maritime Claims, cargo owners in disputes for compensation for maritime transport.
Kirill Maslov is an author and trainer of workshops on the Law of the Sea for law students and professionals of the industry. Maintains a blog of maritime lawyer on Korabel.ru.
As an independent anti-corruption expert of the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation and a representative of the industry community Kirill Maslov participates in legislative activities and monitoring the enforcement of existing legislation in the field of maritime and river transport. |
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29.03.2019
Successful obtaining permission for cabotage of the nineteen "China Communications Construction" vessels
"Rosmorrechflot" confirmed the right of the "China Communications Construction Company" to dredging in the waters of the Bolshoy Kamen Bay with nineteen vessels flying the flags of foreign countries - China, Luxembourg, Palau, Mauritius, Sierra Lyon.
Successful obtaining permission for cabotage of the nineteen "China Communications Construction" vessels
"Rosmorrechflot" confirmed the right of the "China Communications Construction Company" to dredging in the waters of the Bolshoy Kamen Bay with nineteen vessels flying the flags of foreign countries - China, Luxembourg, Palau, Mauritius, Sierra Lyon.
Decision
The issue of the permit was preceded by three months of active legal work by Law office "Inmarine" attorneys, during which the legal examination of corporate and shipowners' documents was carried out. The vessels obtained the necessary certificates for the safety of navigation. It justified not only the legal acceptability and the vessels safety, but also the economic, technical necessity of attracting a foreign fleet to carry out dredging in cabotage. Corrective measures were also taken with regard to the basis work documents.
«Inmarine» St.Petersburg Law Offices attorneys showed additional expertise, which predetermined the success of the project, in terms of preparing motivated objections and rejecting proposals for performing the declared works received from Russian shipowners.
After studying the information and documents provided, the Federal authorities gave the go-ahead to the Chinese shipowner's vessels entering the Russian territorial waters of Bolshoy Kamen Bay, where, according to information sources, dredging works have already been launched.
For the Russian practice of implementation of marine projects, the involvement and collection of documentation at once on 19 vessels is a serious figure, however, this amount will allow the Navy to fully implement the dredging project in the Bay of Bolshoi Kamen.
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Maslov Kirill Andreevich ________________________ Managing Partner, attorney, capitan
St. Petersburg Law Offices “Inmarine” +7 (812) 363-13-64 sos@inmarin.ru |
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Being a successor of the traditions of the family of submarine naval officers, Kirill Maslov has experience of maritime practice as captain, which, combined with the experience of the legal counsel of practice allows Kirill to provide legal assistance to prevent and resolve accidents, emergency accidents and incidents at sea and river transport. Practical experience and expertise Kirill Maslov includes also the resolution of complex disputes in matters of ship owners for the construction and acquisition of fleet chandlers and marine agents in matters of payment of arrears for Maritime Claims, cargo owners in disputes for compensation for maritime transport.
Kirill Maslov is an author and trainer of workshops on the Law of the Sea for law students and professionals of the industry. Maintains a blog of maritime lawyer on Korabel.ru.
As an independent anti-corruption expert of the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation and a representative of the industry community Kirill Maslov participates in legislative activities and monitoring the enforcement of existing legislation in the field of maritime and river transport. |
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Stefania Dremova
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Dremova Stefania ________________________ Junior Partner, attorney
St. Petersburg Law Offices “Inmarine” +7 (812) 603-48-63 dss@inmarin.ru |
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As a graduate of Admiral Makarov state University of Maritime and river transport, Stefania has been specializing in the resolution of disputes and conflicts in the field of Maritime and river transport since her student years, highlighting the urgent arrest of ships on Maritime requirements as the area of the greatest expertise. < / span>the Bureau's Principals have repeatedly noted the high degree of attention to detail and proactivity of Stephanie at all stages of the business. |
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Zhdanova Viktoria
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Zhdanova Viktoria Dmitrievna ________________________________ Senior partner, attorney, specialist in customs operations
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Zhdanova Viktoria - senior partner at the St. Petersburg law offices "Inmarine" in shipbuilding and shipping. Viktoria specializes in projects accompanied by the construction, purchase and sale, transfer to the charter and operation on sea and river vessels, focusing on the legal regulation of relations between the parties of the transaction and to prevent possible disputes and damages. When she returned from England to Russia with a master's qualification of the international maritime law, Viktoria received a lawyer's status and provides legal support for Russian ship owners in the negotiation and execution of shipbuilding and ship-repair contracts, purchase and sale contracts and ships charters under English law. Foreign ship owners demand Viktoria’s expertise in regulatory matters to ensure stay of ships under foreign flag in the Russian jurisdiction, taking into account the specifics of the Russian legislation, as well as making deals with local shippers, forwarding agents, charterers, agents and chandlers. Customers have repeatedly pointed out that a solid knowledge of the European and Russian law allows to Viktoria to structure multi- border transactions and to ensure cross-border legal protection of the marine business projects. Being certified by the Federal Customs Service, a specialist in customs operations, Viktoria consults ship owners, shippers and freight forwarders for customs clearance of ships and cargoes, successfully solves judicial and extrajudicial disputes about the classification of goods, the adjustment of the customs value, the return of overpaid customs duties and other matters in customs and currency legislation. |
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21.04.2018
Recovery of losses caused by loss of cargo
Successful representation of the interests of a major Krasnodar fruit supplier in a dispute with an agent of the only Crimean international operator, Sevastopol Shipping ("Varyag" freight ferry line).
Recovery of losses caused by loss of cargo
The principal has purchased citrus fruits (oranges, tangerines) from a Turkish supplier. To arrange delivery of fruits to Russia, the principal entered into a transport expedition contract with the Crimean Maritime Agency LLC, the sole agent of the sea carrier Sevastopol Shipping. After unloading the goods at the port of arrival, with the participation of experts, it was established that the cargo was partially lost - the container was damaged, the fruits are in a damaged state. The freight forwarder refused to voluntarily compensate for the losses associated with partial loss of cargo and the cost of inspecting and destroying it, citing the absence of evidence of its fault in causing damage.
The principal made the decision to appeal to the Arbitration Court of the city of Sevastopol.
Decision
In the course of the proceedings, our lawyers successfully recovered losses caused by partial loss of the cargo, as well as the costs of the examination and the destruction of the cargo by the principal. As part of the justification of the position in court, the lawyers confirmed and expanded the findings of the examination of the case, as well as refuted the arguments of the defendant that the examination was conducted illegally (in the customs control zone). Additionally, it was possible to protect the principal from the unlawful demand to pay the price of transportation of the lost cargo.
Maslov Kirill
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Maslov Kirill Andreevich ________________________ Managing Partner, attorney, capitan
St. Petersburg Law Offices “Inmarine” +7 (812) 363-13-64 sos@inmarin.ru |
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Being a successor of the traditions of the family of submarine naval officers, Kirill Maslov has experience of maritime practice as captain, which, combined with the experience of the legal counsel of practice allows Kirill to provide legal assistance to prevent and resolve accidents, emergency accidents and incidents at sea and river transport. Practical experience and expertise Kirill Maslov includes also the resolution of complex disputes in matters of ship owners for the construction and acquisition of fleet chandlers and marine agents in matters of payment of arrears for Maritime Claims, cargo owners in disputes for compensation for maritime transport.
Kirill Maslov is an author and trainer of workshops on the Law of the Sea for law students and professionals of the industry. Maintains a blog of maritime lawyer on Korabel.ru.
As an independent anti-corruption expert of the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation and a representative of the industry community Kirill Maslov participates in legislative activities and monitoring the enforcement of existing legislation in the field of maritime and river transport. |
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