Turkey Maritime Law Centre is an integral sub part of our maritime firm established in London/UK  named  as Shanghai Silk-way Maritime Limited and providing our legal services mainly in Turkey and sea-neighbor countries surrounding  Turkey with extension to Middle-East Countries in a way of  one-stop shop (all in one) cover all aspects of maritime disputes and cases including red tape matters related in Turkish Maritime Authority and Directorate General of Coastal safety an exclusive Authority on salvage services and its contracts.

we would like to be your regional sole authorized representative in Istanbul and extended areas as defined above, to make marketing of your insurance policy within P&I, Hull and Machinery, cargo insurance, losses and claims, insured perils, alteration of ports of departure, demurrage, CIF and piracy perils etc. according to the policies and regulations according to the MArine Insurance Act,1906 (within the scope of Admiralty Law Principles and other international conventions and Rules).

Our maritime law department is administered by Mr. Fikret HAKGUDEN, as international maritime lawyer, arbitrator, the former representative of Turkey to IMO and served as Technical Committee Deputy Chairman elected by All IMO member countries unanimously and he is still Auditor of IMO Member States Voluntary Audit Scheme, after he was retired from Turkish Maritime Authority as General Manager, he is still serving as international maritime lawyer handling all legal disputes which are defined above including the service of handling of ship arrest within mainly Paris, Black Sea and Mediterranean (Med) MOU's for PSC. Our maritime law department have 2 partners and 11 associates and various numbers of intern who are varying time to time as in-house lawyers/solicitors.

Our main maritime law department in our maritime firm based in London/UK is also providing the above services through our contracted legal firms to the shipping world at all geographical areas with the regional centers mainly Hong Kong, Singapore, Sydney, Shanghai,Panama and Eu countries.

We mostly welcome your requests to meet and discuss the regional representation of your companies either in our Istanbul Office and or London Headquarter within agreed time and date due to convenient time and dates and places including the place of your headquarters. We also welcome your request to meet with your company's authorized staff within the opportunities of any maritime events would be venued in mainly in ISTANBUL and/or LONDON and SHANGHAI and all EU and Middle East cities firstly in DOHA as a central meeting point of the said countries.

You can visit our web-site and contact to my phone and email as follows;

Mr. Fikret HAKGÜDEN