AGA Partners successfully represented one of Ukraine’s largest importers of fertilisers in proceedings before the Commercial Court of the Odesa Region, obtaining a vessel arrest to secure their cargo claim. The claim arose due to the deterioration of the cargo – Nigerian granulated urea – during its carriage by sea. 

To safeguard the сlient’s right to compensation for the cargo damage, AGA Partners filed an application for the vessel’s arrest as security for the maritime claim against the carrier. After examining the evidence, the court concluded that the сlient had sufficiently substantiated the existence of a maritime claim and granted the arrest order. 

The vessel arrest subsequently became a decisive factor in AGA Partners’ legal strategy. Owing to the team’s effective actions, the dispute was successfully settled, and the client received compensation for the damaged cargo. 

Vessel arrest remains one of the most effective tools for securing maritime claims. It not only ensures the possibility of actual recovery but also strengthens the claimant’s negotiating position, often leading to amicable settlement. 

The matter was handled by Partner Pavlo Lebediev, together with Associates Vasyl Radetskyi, Viktor Pasichnyk, and Vadym Neskorod.