Since its establishment Siccardi Bregante & C. has offered a wide range of shipping law services, both contentious and non-contentious. The experience accrued in this field and the in-depth knowledge of the market allows us to offer Clients, which include shipowners, charterers, shipyards, underwriters, banks or other players, a competent, specialised and dedicated service.
With the aim of constantly addressing any specific new or changed requirements of our Clients through a constant process of study and update, we have expanded our practice to matters related to shipping law, such as air, road and railway transport, logistics, non-marine insurance, industrial certification, national and transboundary insolvency procedures.
For more than forty years, taking advantage of the continuous and constant updating of our professional knowledge, we have stepped forward as a reference point for all players who – in shipping and related matters – seek quality assistance for the pragmatic solution of their legal needs.
Over time we have strengthened our resources, joining together with the most experienced partners a new generation of lawyers, who have contributed to improve the practice of our Firm not only by their professional knowledge but also bringing new ideas when facing the challenges of a continuously developing market.
10-04-2025
On March Assagenti Newsletter Enrico Ottonello comments on the updated versions of the two contractual forms for the management of crews known as CREWMAN A (consideration calculated on a cost plus fee basis) and CREWMAN B (consideration calculated on a lump sum basis). The new forms include a number of clauses that have been developed by BIMCO after the publication of the previous editions in 2009, including the Law and Arbitration Clause 2020, the Mediation/Alternative Dispute Resolution Clause 2021, the Crewman A and Crewman B Personal Data Protection Clause 2009, the Electronic Signature Clause 2021, the Cyber Security Clause 2019 and the MLC Clause 2009, as well as completely new clauses, such as those relating to so-called “pre-delivery services”, i.e. crew management services that are provided by the “crew manager” before the effective date of the crew management agreement and those relating to the shipowner’s access to crew management data through the crew managers’ information system and the transfer of such data to the shipowner in the event of termination of the agreement.
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