From January to April 2012, there occurred four significant maritime cases in Guangdong waters. Yang & Lin Co. Law Firm (hereinafter referred to as “Yang & Lin”) has served as the agent ad litem of one party in these four cases.
1. On 22 February 2012, there occurred a collision between the vessel “ZHEN HE” and the vessel “MOL Maneuver” in the sea water of Dan Gan Dao to the south of Hong Kong, which caused the loss in sum of about USD 23,550,000 in total. Yang & Lin handled the case on behalf of COSCO Container Lines Co., Ltd (the shipowner of “ZHEN HE”), Shanghai Panasia Shipping Co., Ltd (the carrier), PICC Shanghai Branch (the hull insurer of this vessel) and West of England P & I Club.
2. On 2 March 2012, the vessel “Dream Diva” collided with “Bo Yun 018” in Ling Ding Waterway of the Pearl River, which led to the sinking of the vessel “Bo Yun 018”, the missing or death of 8 crew members and the leakage of about 70-ton bunker on the vessel “Dream Diva”. Guangzhou MSA organized and conducted the salvage and oil cleaning. The fee of the salvage and oil cleaning was about USD 2,826,000. Yang & Lin handled this case on behalf of Guangzhou MSA.
3. On 13 March 2012, the South Korean cargo vessel “KENOS ATHENA”, loaded with about 7000 tons of sulphuric acid, sank in Guangdong Shanwei waters. This accident is the most significant sulphuric acid shipwreck accident in waters of our country throughout history. Yang & Lin fully handled this case on behalf of the shipowner of “KENOS ATHENA” and her P & I Club--Korea Shipping Associate.
At about 1830 hrs on 20 March 2012 and at about 1915 hrs on 23 March 2012, the journalists of CCTV(China Central Television) news center interviewed Director Yang Yunfu of our law firm twice about the case of the sinking of South Korean vessel “KENOS ATHENA” at Shanwei Guangdong which is handled by our law firm. CCTV-13 Channel respectively reported the above-mentioned two interviews on the Live News at 1418 hrs on 21 March 2012, on the News 30 Minutes at noon of 24 March 2012 and on the Live News at 1728 hrs on 24 March 2012. In addition, Guangdong Satellite TV also reported the second interview of Director Yang Yunfu of our law firm by the journalists of CCTV news center on Guangdong News Broadcast on 24 March 2012.
4. On 7 April 2012, the vessel “Zhong Hai Gao Su” collided with the vessel “Paphos” at the waters of Dan Gan Dao to the south of Hong Kong, which caused the loss in sum of about USD 3,140,000 in total. Yang & Lin handled the case on behalf of China Shipping Car Carrier Inc., PICC P & C Dalian Branch (the hull insurer of this vessel) and West of England P & I Club.
To achieve the best result of a case and obtain biggest interests for the clients are the service purpose of Yang & Lin. Over the years, Yang & Lin has been recognized as one of the top law firms dealing with cases of admiralty, maritime and insurance, etc and legal affairs in China.