Admiralty Maritime Law Shipping and Customs Laws
Michael G. Prestia Attorney provides advice and assistance in all types of Maritime matters including :
- Ship arrest and Vessel Foreclosure
- Claims for loss or damage to cargo
- Mortgages and Maritime Liens
- Freight and off hire disputes
- Shipbuilding and Repair Contracts disputes
- purchase/sale of a Vessel
- General Average
- Salvage Claims
- Collisions
- financing,security and enforcement of Mortgages
- Transshipment and Towage agreements
- Seaman's personal injury claims
- advising on the acquisition of new tonnage
- problems related to employment of Officers and Crew
- Surface and air transportation
- Bonded Warehouses approval and warehouse keepers liability
- U.S. Federal Trade Zone issues Maritime personal injury and cruise ship passenger injuries
- OPA and Deepwater Horizon Claims
- Importing under the US Customs Laws, Claiming Drawback, american goods returned, Antidumping,Gray market goods,protests,trademark and copyright registration,recordation and protection filed at customs service office
- advise on customs procedures under north american free trade agreement ( NAFTA)
- Commercial Fishermens Claims
- Choice of Flag and registration
- Marine, inland marine, hull, property and casualty insurance (including third-party liability defense, first-party coverage, bad faith and recoveries)
- Licensing and regulatory issues before the U.S. Coast Guard, Federal Maritime Commission; U.S. Customs Service; Surface Transportation Board; Federal Trade Zone Law,Mississippi Public Utilities Commission and other federal, state and local public agencies
- Air, land and water pollution and environmental matters
- Negotiating the purchase, sale, chartering, crewing and operation of vessels, yachts and pleasure boats
- Maritime labor disputes, including disputes involving port and airport authorities
- advice in respect of H&M and P&I policies and Claims
- Commercial real estate (including negotiating and drafting commercial leases and subleases, assignments and buy/sell agreements)
- Aircraft registration and Finance
- Marine insurance claims.
- Importing under the U.S. Customs Law,Classification of Goods and valuation issues,Right to make entry,importer of record,interim filing rule,counterfeit goods or trademarks, advise on Duty Exemptions
- CF-28, Form,CF-29,from customs and notice of action,CF-4647 notice to mark or redeliver
- C-TPAT processing under The Customs-Trade Partnership against Terroism Law
- INTERNATIONAL TRADE LAW
- INTERNATIONAL DEBT RECOVERY
Michael G. Prestia attorney represents, among other clients; vessel owners and charterers; NVOCCs; ocean, surface and air freight forwarders; truckers and other overland carriers; cargo brokers; stevedores; harbor pilots; shipyards; Commercial Fishermen,marine construction companies; importers, exporters and shippers; customs brokers; seamen and passengers; warehouse keepers and other ocean/inland transportation and warehousing interests in the full range of transportation matters.
Please contact us with your Maritime and Customs needs: telephone 228 868 6609