Pieter Marais
Partner · Shipping & Admiralty
Pieter advises shipowners, charterers and P&I clubs on admiralty arrests, cargo claims and marine casualties out of Cape Town and Durban.
Cape Maritime Law
ListedCape Maritime Law is a Cape Town boutique firm concentrating on shipping, international trade, marine insurance and transport law. The firm acts for shipowners,
Head officeCape Town, South Africa
Offices1 · Cape Town
Founded2005
Lawyers14
LanguagesEnglish, Afrikaans and French
About the firm
Cape Maritime Law is a Cape Town boutique firm concentrating on shipping, international trade, marine insurance and transport law. The firm acts for shipowners, charterers, cargo interests, P&I clubs and freight forwarders on the full range of maritime legal matters arising in Southern Africa and along the East and West African coasts. Established in 2005 by practitioners who had worked in London and Cape Town, the firm combines South African statutory expertise — the Admiralty Jurisdiction Regulation Act, the Ship Registration Act and the domestic law of demurrage and cargo claims — with familiarity with the international conventions governing carriage of goods, salvage and pollution liability.
Practice areas
Sectors
Key people
Nomsa Dlamini
Senior Associate · International Trade
Nomsa focuses on international trade, marine insurance disputes and the carriage of goods by sea.
François le Roux
Associate · Admiralty
François assists on vessel arrests, charterparty disputes and marine casualty investigations.
Offices
Picbel Arcade
Adderley Street
Cape Town 8001
South Africa
+27 21 555 0500
Representative work
Matters are described generically and anonymised where confidentiality applies.
Represented a shipowner in an arrest action before the Western Cape High Court following a cargo contamination claim.
Advised a freight forwarder on liability exposure arising from a multi-modal transport document dispute.
Acted for a P&I club in a salvage arbitration following a grounding incident off the South African coast.
Advised on the South African regulatory aspects of a vessel disposal and flag-transfer transaction.
Awards & recognition
2024
Recommended for Shipping & Maritime by independent legal commentary.
2023
Noted in regional trade law research.
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