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Post the degree, maritime lawyers find work at ship-owning companies, insurance companies, P&I clubs, law firms, advisory positions in governments, port authorities and any other institution that fall under either private or public sector and deals with maritime and transport law.

There are very few maritime legal firms in India and even out of that, most are based out of Mumbai. There are ten different coastal jurisdictions across the country. However each district, like Ahmedabad, Cochin, etc. deal with their own marine legalities separately.

However, no such law applies to Mumbai. Its jurisdiction spans the entire country. While litigations are seldom carried out, when they are carried out, they are usually carried out on huge quantity of goods which are mostly worth crores. Maritime lawyers are also need to represent parties undertaking proceedings on the arrest or release of a maritime vessel, retrieving fees or asking for compensation from vessel owners in event of an accident, collision or sinking.

Apart from this, the maritime lawyers need to look into varied amount of matters like evaluating the liability of ferrying goods or the environmental case of exploiting fish stocks in the sea.