Legal Services

The law practice of Smallegange concentrates on:

MARITIME LAW, INLAND WATERWAY LAW
•    carriage of goods
•    chartering, charterparties and their disputes
•    collision
•    salvage
•    general average
•    dangerous goods
•    limitation of liability
•    ship management
•    wreck removal

TRANSPORT LAW
•    carriage by road, national
•    carriage by road international, CMR
•    combined transport
•    carriage by rail
•    carriage by air/ aviation

INSURANCE LAW
•    marine insurance
•    hull insurance, maritime and inland waterways
•    liability insurance: - carrier - freight forwarder - stevedore - ship’s agent - shipbuilding
•    cargo insurance
•    personal injury insurance, in particular - accidents on board - accidents in the harbour
•    work and land equipment insurance

SERVICE CONTRACTS IN THE PORT
•    freightforwarding
•    distribution
•    shipbuilding
•    storage and cargo transfer
•    ship- and bunker supplies
•    ship agency
•    manufacturing/trade/lease of transportation equipment (e.g. containers, pallets)
•    general conditions

OWNERSHIP / REGISTRATION / FINANCE / SECURITIES OCEAN GOING AND INLAND WATERWAY VESSELS
•    drafting of sale contracts, bills of sale
•    drafting of credit facility and finance contracts
•    drafting of security documents (mortgages, plegdes)
•    assistance with the registration of ocean-going and inland water vessels and registration of securities to be established in the Dutch Shipping Register, as well as in ship’s registers in foreign countries

(INTERNATIONAL) TRADE LAW
•    trading contracts
•    sale and purchase of goods
•    letters of credit
•    guarantees, payment and performance
•    insurance of goods
•    security rights, pledge, right of retention

(MARITIME) LABOUR LAW
PERSONAL INJURY
•    in particular on board of vessels and in the port

ARBITRATION
•    advising on and conducting arbitrations in the Netherlands and abroad
•     enforcements of arbitration awards

LITIGATION LAW
•    advising on and if necessary conducting litigation in the Netherlands and abroad * enforcement of foreign judgements
•    (ship’s) arrests, in the Netherlands and abroad enforced sale of vessels and other transportation equipment, cargo