More than 60 percent of all petroleum produced is shipped by tankers. Specially-designed tankers carry crude oil to refineries and refined products, petrochemicals and liquefied natural gas to consumers. At Dentons, we act for shipbuilders, owners, charterers, insurers and lenders.

Dentons’ experience extends across conventional shipping, drill ships with dynamic positioning used in upstream exploration, rigs, and floating production and storage offloading units. We advise clients on suitable, tax-efficient ship-owning corporate structures—shipbuilding, financing, flagging and registration, which is only the start of your journey. We assist you with technical management contracts, crewing arrangements, freight contracts, charter agreements, bills of lading, insurance arrangements and claims, ship arrests, salvage, environmental issues and at the end, scrapping contracts.

For the oil major and trader, freight and demurrage disputes are an unwelcome but inevitable part of their business. We can help you resolve these issues whether you are the shipowner, charterer or insurer, and need us to assist with litigation, international arbitration or mediation.

Recognition

The Legal 500 2016 - "Rodyk & Davidson LLP is 'terrific across the board', praised particularly for its response times, quality of substantive legal advice and advocacy."

November 1, 2015

The Legal 500 2016 – "Rodyk & Davidson LLP is 'terrific across the board', praised particularly for its response times, quality of substantive legal advice and advocacy."

Insights

Navigating turbulent seas: how mediation can steady the waters between parties to fixed-price contracts

March 5, 2024

United Kingdom: Supply chain contracts continue to fall victim to market volatility in what remain challenging conditions for global trade. Given the skyrocketing costs at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, many businesses entered into fixed-price contracts in an attempt to mitigate the impact and establish an element of predictability. Now that market prices are falling significantly below those set in fixed-price contracts, key parts of many supply chains, such as freight forwarders and their customers, are facing a dilemma.

News and Events

Recent Press Releases

Dentons advises ADCB on AED 210 million LPG tanker financing

June 13, 2025

Dentons has advised Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank (ADCB) on an AED 210 million (US$57.2 million) senior secured financing of ASBI Shipping, a joint venture between Al Seer Marine's ASM Nautical Holding and B International Shipping & Logistics.

Dentons HPRP congratulates PT Hasnur Internasional Shipping, Tbk. on the company’s listing on IDX

September 7, 2021

Dentons HPRP congratulates one of its valuable clients, PT Hasnur Internasional Shipping, Tbk., (part of Hasnur Group) on the important milestone of the company’s listing on the Indonesia Exchange (IDX). The listing was officially announced on IDX under the stock code “HAIS” on 1st September 2021.

The Legal 500 2016 - "Rodyk & Davidson LLP is 'terrific across the board', praised particularly for its response times, quality of substantive legal advice and advocacy."

November 1, 2015

The Legal 500 2016 – "Rodyk & Davidson LLP is 'terrific across the board', praised particularly for its response times, quality of substantive legal advice and advocacy."