Maritime, Ports & Shipbuilding
Maritime law rewards specialists: the rights, liens, and limitation regimes are unlike any other practice area. We represent shipyards and repair facilities, shipowners and charterers, ports and terminal operators, and marine-services companies across the full water cycle — vessel construction and repair contracts, ship registration and financing, charterparties and bills of lading, carriage-of-goods disputes, and maritime casualties including grounding, collision, salvage, and crew claims. We appear in MARINA and admiralty proceedings and understand how Philippine maritime law interacts with international conventions. For shipbuilders, the construction contract is the crucible — we draft and enforce every milestone, guarantee, and defect claim, and ensure the vessel is registered, classed, and secured.
Focus areas
- Shipbuilding, repair, and conversion contracts
- Ship registration, financing, and mortgages
- Crewing, manning, and seafarer employment
- Charterparties, bills of lading, and cargo claims
- Maritime casualty, salvage, and collision
- MARINA, admiralty, and port regulatory proceedings
Insights for maritime, ports & shipbuilding
Learn how to pursue a cargo damage claim in the Philippines, including the ship operator's compulsory insurance coverage and MARINA complaint remedies.
Vessel arrest and maritime liens in the Philippines explained: how creditors secure claims against ships and what Philippine law says about admiralty jurisdiction.
Understand bareboat charter in the Philippines, how chartered vessels are registered with MARINA, and the rules on foreign vessels under RA 9295.
Understand shipbuilding and ship repair contracts in the Philippines under Republic Act No. 9295, from MARINA accreditation to VAT incentives and vessel import rules.
Learn how ship mortgage registration in the Philippines works, from MARINA vessel registration to recording the mortgage and protecting your security interest.
Coastwise trade in the Philippines is reserved for Filipino-owned domestic ship operators under RA 9295. Learn the rules on permits, rates, and foreign vessels.