IR Global, the world’s largest exclusive network of advisory firms is delighted to introduce René Vallerand of Zoi Papageorgiou. Zoi has joined IR as our exclusive Corporate Law Member in Greece. Zoi was born in Athens, Greece. She graduated from the Thessaloniki Law School (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece) in 2001.She admitted to Athens Bar […]
IR Global, the world’s largest exclusive network of advisory firms is delighted to introduce Christos Oikonomakis of OIKONOMAKIS CHRISTOS GLOBAL LAW FIRM. Christos has joined IR as our exclusive Corporate Law Member in Greece. Ηe is a European Lawyer and practice law in Germany (Dusseldorf Bar Association), Romania (Bucharest Bar Association), Greece (Piraeus Bar Association), […]
IR Global, the world’s largest exclusive network of advisory firms is delighted to introduce Aikaterini Mitrogianni of OIKONOMAKIS CHRISTOS GLOBAL LAW FIRM. Aikaterini has joined IR as our exclusive Corporate Law Member in Greece. She graduated from the Thrace Law School (Democritus University of Thrace, Greece) in 2011.She admitted to Athens Bar Association in 2013 with Athens […]
Through a charter party, the shipowner undertakes, in its own name, to carry the goods by sea, using a vessel to do so. The charterer is the shipper of the goods and his part of the contract is to pay the agreed freight. The contract for the carriage of goods is evidenced also by the […]
In damage of equipment, underwriters paid the insured party and sued the carrier for the damages, being subrogated to the cargo interests rights. The carriage was on the bill of lading terms and Hague Visby Rules applied, providing, inter alia, for a one-year time bar. The lawsuit by the underwrites having been filed at a […]
The maritime industry enjoys tax privileges for the participants in it. Dividends accrued from exploitation of a vessel ultimately owned by the company distributing dividends are tax-free, whereas dividends from broking activity are only 10% taxed. However, the scope of this privileged application was confined to the shareholders only, leaving stakeholders of the industry outside […]
A seafarer sued the manager of a vessel for labour claim. The defendant challenged the allegations on the grounds it was acting as the representative of the shipowner, and accordingly, any claim arising from the sea employment contract should be filed against the shipowner, not the manager. The plaintiff himself had mentioned he had entered […]
The shipping agent is an independent practitioner rendering services related to the maritime adventure in a specific geographic area. To that effect, the agent maintains an office with a staff of the agent’s choice. Travel agents who issue tickets for sea voyages on behalf of shipowners operating the trip are also considered to be ship […]
Where a vessel is chartered by demise, the owner exercises no right on her apart from bare ownership. Owner’s only link with the vessel becomes the right to receive the agreed hire. The Charterer is the one who assumes full control of the vessel and is regarded as (deponent) owner of her. Under such charterer’s […]
Freight is due following loading, the voyage and the delivery. An underlying contract can be a charter party or agreement for the transport of goods. Freight agreed in the carriage contract. If not, the normal freight for the specific trade applies. Its calculation varies according to the nature of goods carried. It can be per […]
All Greek seafarers employed onboard a Greek-flag vessel is subject to the social security coverage offered by the Seamen Pension Fund (NAT). The responsible party to cover the social security contributions is the shipowner, the exploiter of the vessel, and their representatives, jointly and severally each. In case the where a seafarer serves onboard a […]
Where an auction of a vessel takes place in Greece, the existence of maritime liens is acknowledged where the maritime lien invoked is considered as such by both the flag-state of the vessel and Greece. The ranking will be defined by the law of the place of auction, as this is a procedural matter. Costs […]