Maritime transport services
Providing support in the field of maritime transport and logistics services
We, the office of Dr. Mustafa El-Rouby, lawyers and consultants have confidence based on long experience in the maritime transport, marine insurance and logistics sectors, to be the right place for our clients to provide our services in a distinctive way, completing all required procedures and representation in maritime transport claims. We always strive to reduce the liability of our clients and secure their future transactions.
Because we are a lawyer firm with previous experience in recurring transportation transactions, we can facilitate logistical transactions for shipping companies and their agents, shipping and unloading, and with the high cost of traditional judicial means, we have good experience that enables us to settle disputes by peaceful means.
Management of maritime issues and disputes
Consultants of Dr. Mustafa El-Rouby Lawyers Office have confidence based on long experience in the maritime transport, marine insurance and logistics sectors, to be the right place for our clients to provide our services in a distinctive way, completing the required procedures and represent them in lawsuits related to maritime. We always strive to reduce our client’s liability and secure their future transactions.
Because we are a lawyer firm with previous experience in recurring transportation transactions, we can facilitate logistical transactions for shipping companies and their agents, shipping and unloading, and with the high cost of traditional judicial means, we have good experience that enables us to settle disputes by peaceful means.
Legal and marine advice
Representing all protection and compensation agencies in all ports of the Arab Republic of Egypt.
Defending about the interests of shipping companies and shipping agencies.
Reviewing and contributing in the preparation of lease agreements, bills of lading, correspondence with all protection clubs, ships purchase contracts and registration, and other things related to the transport of goods by ships and marine accidents.
Appointing experts and technicians to inspect ships and cargo.
International and national commercial maritime arbitration disputes.
Recent years have witnessed an increase in the use of non-judicial methods for settling disputes, as a result of clients and consultants seeking to adopt quick, less costly and time-saving ways to settle disputes. Therefore, lawyers are playing the role of mediators and arbitrators in mediation or arbitration cases as a neutral third party in conducting early assessment of maritime cases.
Arbitration has become the best method for settling maritime disputes, however, arbitration procedures are not a viable option unless clients' rights are assigned to lawyers with experience in the field of maritime disputes as well as drafting the terms of contracts for alternative solutions for settlement and representing clients in them. Our office lawyers also play the role of neutral persons and mediators.
Peaceful settlement of maritime disputes
The importance of settling maritime disputes by peaceful means is due to the promotion of international and national trade across the seas in order to encourage the flow of foreign and national investments. The office uses modern methods to resolve disputes that may arise in maritime trade if it constitutes a maritime dispute in the legal sense. Our office has a good reputation for finding multiple innovative solutions to end maritime disputes by various peaceful means, which allows our clients to focus on success instead of entering into a long-term legal dispute, which wastes all the fruits of investment. Perhaps the most important method on which the office relies is to peacefully end maritime disputes.
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The office has a professionally trained team to deal with resolving disputes in a peaceful means.
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Continuous communication with the parties to the conflict to overcome emergency obstacles.
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Identify points of contention and focus on how to remove them.
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Providing the necessary legal support to the conflict parties in order to restore business as it was before.
Permanent legal protection for shipping and maritime transport companies
Achieving success in the field of maritime transactions for shipping and maritime transport companies it starts with the stage of preparing the ship and concluding work contracts with the ship’s crews, contracts and agreements with the parties to maritime transactions, and representing our partners in all maritime disputes and before the various judicial bodies and arbitral tribunals since the company’s inception that requires contracting with a law firm that has experience in dealing with this type of case that requires good experience.
We have lawyers with experience in the field of maritime law and we have a proven track record in assisting our partners in all different maritime transactions.
Drafting and translating international and local contracts.
Drafting contracts in the legal form prevents resorting to judicial dispute during or after the implementation of the maritime contract, except in rare cases, therefore, resorting to contract drafting experts in maritime transactions is best to preserve effort, time and money. We are always ready to draft all kinds of marine contracts in several languages. We are a legal office experienced in drafting marine contracts.
Customs disputes and taxes
Our office has a team of lawyers specialized in customs and tax disputes related to maritime business. We are ready to represent our clients before the Ports Authority, the Maritime Safety Authority and the Maritime Transport Sector, the Suez Canal Authority, the National, Local and International Tax Authority. Our team is fully aware of the internal working mechanisms of customs and tax legislation.
We provide legal support in customs disputes and customs legislation, whether these disputes are before criminal courts, such as customs and import evasion crimes or if these disputes are before the local and international judicial bodies regarding the value of customs declarations and entitlements to the Customs Authority.