Chris Sacré

Experience

• Leading Australian Marine Insurers:
  • Constructive total loss of dredging barge while under tow from PNG to Australia;
  • Non-disclosure defence to cargo claims arising out of international courier network;
  • Damage to $25 million superyacht while being carried on a heavy lift vessel. Coverage issues concerning double insurance and recovery claims against shipowners;
  • Cargo losses by wetting arising out of insufficiency of packing;
  • Subrogated recovery claim against electricians in respect of the total loss by fire of a commercial tourism vessel in northern Queensland;
  • Defence of numerous personal injury claims arising out of shipboard operations, yachting collisions and pleasurecraft accidents
• Container Lines/P&I:
  • Handling all cargo claims arising out of the total loss of forty containers at sea in heavy weather;
  • Investigating the deaths of two crewmembers onboard a vessel in Kiribati;
  • Advisng on wreck removal liabilties and executive orders following the sinking of a domestic commercial vessel off NSW;
  • Defending the Master of a product carrier prosecuted for navigating within the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park.
• LNG: Advising ship owners on all regulatory aspects of the two FSRU projects planned for Crib Point (Victoria) and Port Kembla (NSW);
• Oil and gas: Advising one of the world’s largest trading houses on petroleum and LNG sale, purchase, carriage and storage agreements;
• Fuel retail: Advising one of the worlds largest owners/operators of retail fuel sites on all issues arisng out of the operation of service stations and the supply of petroleum products in Australia.
• Iron ore trader: International trade dispute concerning a contract for the supply of iron ore valued in excess of US$750 million and the associated letters of credit. Freezing injunctions in the Supreme Court and ICC Arbitration in Geneva;
• Grain trader: Representing one of Australia’s largest grain traders in GAFTA Arbitration arising out of the non-performance of a contract for the sale of wheat to China;
• NSW oil spill response, evidence gathering, minimising liabilities and handling the resulting prosecution; and
• Ship Arrest: Representing ship owners in arrest proceedings in the Federal Court.