Maritime and Transport Law

Our office provides various logistics and transport law services in areas such as:

  • maritime, air, and terrestrial transports of freight and people, storage and logistics services
  • local and international speed cargo and postal service providers
  • production, financing and collateralization of ships and aircrafts
  • licensing and certification of transportation vehicles and freight companies
  • freight insurance
  • port and customs transactions.

Our clientele contains market players such as freight brokers, agents, ship and yacht builders, airlines, cargo companies, financing institutions and insurers.

Our attorneys assist in the drafting and execution of affreightment, liner, charterer, freight, warehousing, storage, agency and similar carriage, and transport and logistics contracts.

We support our clients in the resolution of issues such as:

  • Sea damage
  • Demurrage
  • Bill of lading and bank letter of credit issues
  • Collusion
  • Cost of attack
  • Cost of defense
  • Pollution damages
  • Single and cross liabilities
  • Sister-ship clauses
  • Insurance excess
  • Franchise or deductibles
  • Ship and aircraft mortgages
  • Liens on freight
  • Applications of INCOTERMS (ICC).

We also assist in resolving disputes of logistics and transports before Courts, execution offices, and arbitral tribunals.

Please visit our contact page for more detailed information about Fırat Gültekin & Partners Law Firm and aviation Lawyer staff. Fırat Gültekin & Partners Law Firm has been providing quality, innovative solutions to its domestic and foreign clients in Istanbul since 2005.