Unpaid at sea.
Arrested in port.
Blackwood & Vance acts for creditors in shipping. For twenty-four years we have recovered maritime debts by arresting vessels, freezing assets and enforcing awards, from the City of London to the Singapore Strait.
A ship can change its flag, its name and its owner. It cannot avoid port.
That is where we wait. Our work is the recovery and protection of money in shipping, and nothing else.
Ship arrest
Arresting vessels as security for unpaid claims, and releasing them when the claim is met.
Freight, hire and demurrage
Sums unpaid under charterparties and bills of lading, in court and in London arbitration.
Bunker and supply debts
Recovery for suppliers, agents and yards whose invoices have gone unanswered.
Freezing orders and asset tracing
Finding the debtor's ships, cargo and accounts, and holding them where they are.
Enforcement of judgments and awards
Turning a judgment or an arbitration award into payment, in the port where the assets lie.
Creditor protection
Liens, mortgages, guarantees and contract terms that secure your position before default.
Secure first. Argue second.
A debtor whose vessel is under arrest has a reason to pay today. Our method is built around that fact.
Assess
We read the contract and the debt, and say plainly whether it can be secured.
Secure
We arrest the ship, freeze the account or attach the cargo, wherever it is found.
Pursue
We bring the claim in court or arbitration, with our own lawyers on the ground.
Collect
Settlement, payment from security or judicial sale. We close when you are paid.
Twenty-four years on one kind of case.
Four offices on the route most of the world's fleet must sail.
London
Istanbul
34340 Beşiktaş/İstanbul, Türkiye+447438092555istanbul@blackwoodandvance.co.uk
Port Said
Elshanzeleze Tower Office
Port Said Governorate, 42511, Egypt+447438092555portsaid@blackwoodandvance.co.uk
Singapore
#09-11, Singapore 068913+447438092555singapore@blackwoodandvance.co.uk
Tell us who owes you, and which ships they run.
We answer with a view on whether the claim can be secured, and where.