Navigating the New World Oceans Order
Confronting the Most Significant Maritime Challenges
A specialist maritime consultancy founded on deep expertise in international law, ocean governance, and maritime security. The experts at Maritime Frontiers have over 25 + years of rare and extensive experience working with governments, international organisations, NGOs and private clients throughout the world providing special advisory services focussed on maritime boundaries, shipping and maritime transport, offshore energy, marine natural resources, international fisheries and maritime security and enforcement, providing expert advice during an extraordinary time of global change.
Ocean Governance and the Blue Economy
• Advice on national ocean policy, strategy and institutional reform. • Support for implementation of UNCLOS and related international instruments. • Assistance with drafting national oceans legislation and regulatory frameworks. • Capacity building and training for government agencies and international organisations.
Learn More →Maritime Boundaries and Disputes
• Advice on maritime boundary delimitation strategy and negotiations. • Representation and advice in international court and tribunal proceedings under UNCLOS. • Technical and legal analysis of overlapping maritime claims. • Advice on joint development zones and provisional arrangements.
Learn More →Maritime Transport and Shipping
• Advice on flag state and port state obligations under international maritime conventions. • Support for national shipping policy reform and maritime administration development. • Assistance with drafting national shipping legislation. • Advice on freedom of navigation, innocent passage and transit passage rights.
Learn More →Maritime Security and Enforcement
• Strategic advice on national maritime security frameworks and capacity development. • Advice on counter-piracy, counter-smuggling and maritime law enforcement operations. • Assistance with drafting maritime security legislation and operational protocols. • Training and capacity building for maritime security agencies and coast guards.
Learn More →International and National Fisheries
• Advice on IUU fishing suppression strategy and operations. • RFMO advisory and negotiation support. • Advice on Port State measures, catch certification, reporting and compliance. • Assistance on drafting of national fisheries policy and legislation development.• Advice on fishing vessel search, arrest, seizure, bonding and prompt release proceedings.
Learn More →Offshore Energy and Natural Resources
• Advice on offshore petroleum and seabed mineral policy, institutional reform and legislation. • Advice on offshore renewable energy policy, institutional reform and legislation. •Development of model offshore petroleum and seabed mineral exploration and exploitation agreements. • Advice on offshore joint management regimes and treaty negotiation for offshore petolreum and marine resources• Delivery of training and capacity building programmes.
Learn More →Operational Depth
Our experts in maritime law and policy have experience advising governments, international organisations, NGOs and private clients throughout the world, bringing this rare expertise to every engagement. Unlike law firms and other consultancy practices, we provide expert strategic, legal and technical advice using our in-house expertise.
Global Reach
Our experts have had major engagements across the Indo-Pacific, Atlantic and African regions, with proven results and deep regional networks in each.
Policy Influence
Our experts have worked successfully with governments throughout the world to develop ocean governance and maritime strategies, helped secure landmark maritime boundary delimitation agreements, lodged and defended extended continental shelf submissions to the United Nations, participated in international court and tribunal proceedings under UNCLOS and related international instruments, and have worked directly with international organisations and NGOs to tackle IUU fishing and enhance national maritime security and enforcement activity.
Discreet & Trusted
Governments, international organisations, NGOs and private clients have relied on our experts to provide confidential advice on matters that have implications for issues of state sovereignty,national signirficance and international concern.
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Whether you are developing a national ocean governance framework, seeking to reform and modernise national maritime laws, or seeking advice on a maritime boundary dispute or a complex maritime enforcement challenge — we are ready to advise.