Budd Group

Founded in 1850, the Budd Group is correspondent to the world’s most important maritime insurers, including the International Group of P&I Clubs. With its knowledge of local shipping regulations and practices, our experienced international network enables us to provide prompt and appropriate solutions 24/7 across four continents:

Europe (France, Greece)
Africa (Algeria, Angola, Benin, Cameroon, Cape Verde, DR Congo, Congo - Pointe Noire, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mauritania, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo, Tunisia)
Asia (Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Vietnam)
Oceania (French Polynesia, New Caledonia)

Our services include:

• Appointing surveyors for both precautionary and claim-related surveys.
• Claims management:
- Cargo claims
- Fines (PSC, Customs etc.)
- Collisions (ship to ship, floating objects, quays…)
- Pollution
- Legal advice in Maritime law (P&I, H&M, FD&D etc.)
• Medical evacuations of crew or passengers
• Disembarkation and repatriation of stowaways