Miami Maritime Lawyers Serving Our Clients For Over 50 Years
Our lawyers have tenaciously represented Ocean Carriers, vessel owners, port terminal operators and others involved in the logistics, shipping, and transportation of cargo in Florida, the Caribbean and Central and South America. We have assisted our Clients in disputes with the Federal Maritime Commission, OSHA, US Customs and foreign governmental agencies. If you have a Charter party dispute requiring arbitration or need a Charter Party tailored to your specific requirements we can help. The firm has also advised Clients in connection with and the creation of Slot Charter and Vessel Sharing agreements. We work closely with our maritime Client in developing legal contracts and strategies which protects them from unnecessary claims and litigation. Moreover, we have successfully negotiated long terms contracts on our Client’s behalf with Port Authorities in both US and foreign ports.Our Maritime Law Practice Includes The Handling Of Issues And Disputes Involving:
- Review of Maritime Contracts
- Drafting of Maritime Contracts
- Marine Insurance Disputes
- Marine Insurance Defense
- Maritime Personal Injury Defense
- Vessel Arrests
- Vessel Attachments
- Charter Parties
- Limitation of Liability
- Review of Maritime Agreements
- Drafting of Maritime Agreements
- Salvage
- Federal Maritime Commission Applications
- Federal Maritime Commission Licensing
- Federal Maritime Compliance
- Carriage of Goods by Sea Act (“COGSA”)
- Longshore and Harbor Workers Compensation Act
- Port Terminal Operators
- Ocean Carriers
- Shipping Lines
- Vessel Owners
- Charterers
- Maintenance and Cure
- Shipping Thefts
- Shipping Claims
- Cargo Thefts
- Cargo Claims
- Vessel Collisions
- FMC Applications
- FMC Licensing
- FMC Compliance
- Maritime Liens
- Maritime Mortgages
- General Average
- OSHA Standards
- OSHA Regulations
- OSHA Compliance
Blanck & Cooper
specializes in the following areas of practice
- Logistics and Transportation
- Shipping and cargo disputes & claims
- Tractor-Trailer personal injury & wrongful death defense
- Import/Export
- Warehousing
- Issues involving port terminal operators
- Maritime law
- OSHA standards, regulation & compliance
- Federal Maritime Commission
- Licensing & disputes
- OTI issues involving freight forwarders & NVOCC’s
- U.S. Customs and foreign governmental seizures & disputes
- Longshore & Harbor Workers’ Act
- Account collections