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Litigation Support

Fisher Maritime supports clients in matters involving marine construction and repair disputes in courts or arbitration, as well as preparation for mediation. We have been providing technical analysis and assessment for litigation to clients for over forty years, and have supported our clients – in state and federal courts – in a variety of shipyard construction and repair disputes.  Our assistance has spanned every stage of litigation, and our clients have been shipyards, shipowners, vendors, and government agencies.

How We Can Help

Previous matters in which Fisher Maritime has provided litigation support include:

  • Shipyard claim in connection with the upgrade of a Navy drydock to accommodate the latest class of submarines
  • Shipyard claim in connection with the overhaul and conversion of a large bulk carrier at a UK shipyard
  • Owner/operator defense of claim for additional costs brought against it by a shipyard in connection with the new construction of a phosphoric acid-carrying barge
  • Shipyard claim in connection with the overhaul and upgrade of a vehicle/passenger ferry operated by the Canadian government
  • Aircraft arresting cable system manufacturer’s claim due to damages to multiple trailer-based portable system units incurred aboard certain foreign-flag RO/RO vessels while in transit from the US to India
  • Port operator’s claim for cleanup costs due to a collapse of dock section into the Hudson River causing impediments to navigation and/or docking of vessels transiting Port of Albany waters
  • Owner appeal of sales and use taxes levied by the State of Michigan in connection with construction characteristics and operating profiles of Integrated Tug/Barge (“ITB”) units
  • Shipyard claim for cleanup and repair costs following a vessel flooding incident caused by a subcontractor’s removal of a seawater valve
  • Owner/operator defense of claim for additional costs brought against it by a shipyard in connection with the conversion and re-flagging of an oceanographic research vessel
  • Shipyard claim for additional costs in connection with the new construction of two high-tech fireboats
  • Claim by cargo shipper against a NVOCC freight forwarder in connection with loss arising from sinking of large containership in the Indian Ocean

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Fisher International Maritime Consultants, LLC (“FIMC”)