Our team has experience advising on the following crude oil-related issues and challenges:
- All sizes of tankers, ore-bulk-oil (OBO) and OO carriers
- Cargo loss on voyage from load to disport (ship and shore)
- Load port losses (evaporative or otherwise)
- In-transit losses (evaporative or otherwise)
- Discharge port losses
- Cargo conversion
- Storage/refinery losses
- Cargo quality disputes
- Water contaminations
- Remaining on board (ROB) disputes
- Cargo quality and effectiveness of both discharge and crude oil washing operations
- Wax precipitation
- Wax contamination of naphthenic crudes
- Cargo heating
- Characterisation of crude oil remaining on board (ROB)
- Issues with crude oil washing (COW) performance
- Shore terminal surveys
- Joint surveys
- Demurrage disputes
- Charterparty performance disputes
- Expert attendance - arbitration/high court worldwide
- Crude oil cargo operations
- Unusual crude oils and associated problems