Whether you're a mortgagee, owner, charterer or insurer, VessEx can free your ships from difficult situations. Our experienced team can recover your valuable assets from virtually any location in the world
and return them to your rightful possession. Our unique
service can maximize your recovery while minimizing
your risk. Not only does VessEx offer complete asset
recovery services—from strategy development to physical
extraction—but our diverse methods are designed to avoid costly
mistakes while maximizing client recoveries. Every recovery
operation is tailored for the unique needs of each client and
feature:
Diverse Methods. Our
recovery methods are diverse, ranging from negotiated resolution
of PSC detention matters to the extraction of ships from problem
areas.
Broad Capabilities.
VessEx has the expertise and resources to recover almost any
type of vessel—from large yachts to VLCCs and everything in
between.
Flexible Options. VessEx
uses an appropriate number and type of crew for each operation,
ranging from a single superintendent to a full sailing crew.
Robust Ancillary Services.
VessEx's ship extraction services are augmented by a wide array
of investigative, technical and shipmanagement services, all of
which serve to increase the efficiency and cost-effectiveness of
recovery operations.
Typical Ship Recovery Situations
Those who have the legal right to possess a ship—whether an
owner or mortgagee—often cannot exercise that right due to
circumstances beyond their control. VessEx can restore a
client's control over their ships in a wide variety of situations:
Ship Repossessions: Ships that have
been withheld from mortgagee repossession by defaulting owners. Learn
more ...
Arrested Ship Recoveries: Ships that
have been wrongly seized in a corrupt port on baseless charges. Learn
more ...
Detained Ship Recoveries:
Ships that have been detained by governmental authorities pending correction of
deficiencies. Learn more ...
Abandoned Ship Recoveries:
Ships that have been abandoned by her owner, charterer or crew. Learn
more ...
Stolen Ship Recoveries: Ships
that have been stolen by thieves or held by a disobedient crew. Learn
more ...
Featured Ship Recovery
During the height of the 2004 Haitian Rebellion, VessEx repossessed a ship in Haiti and
delivered it to the Bahamas. The
operation was featured on The Learning Channel (TLC) in a show called
Repo Men: Stealing for
a Living. Click
here to view a brief clip from the
episode or click
here
to view a Los Angeles Times feature article on the operation.
Proven Ship Recovery Experience
Click here
to view an excerpt from Seized by VessEx Operations Director Capt.Max Hardberger for an account of his efforts to free a vessel from
fraudulent seizure in Haiti.
