Education:

Dalian Maritime University, Bachelor of Engineering (Ocean-going Navigation)

Dalian Maritime University, Master of Engineering (Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Sea and Pollution Prevention)

Licensed PRC lawyer since 2004

Working Experience:

Before becoming a maritime lawyer in the beginning of 2003, Green Zhu used to work on deck, and as superintendent and then chartering/operation executive in a major oil tanker company. Green had worked in a well-known local shipping law firm as admiralty team head for four years and worked in a leading international shipping law firm as maritime consultant (Shanghai & Hong Kong) for three years before establishing Hightime together other lawyers in 2010.  

Expertise:

Green specializes in a wide range of admiralty matters including ship collision, pollution, general average, salvage, casualty investigation and personal injury and life claims. His expertise also includes cargo claims, marine insurance, logistics, charter party and bills of lading disputes, ship building and repair disputes, ship sales and purchase, shipping finance and offshore projects, and other foreign-related legal services.

Ocean-going experience and working for ship-owners years make Green having extensive experience, in-depth knowledge in shipping and insurance and having good connections with various harbor administrations. Green is responsive, practical, and client-oriented. He always knows practical solutions that work for marine or insurance crisis. He was commented by clients providing “very erudite and precise analysis” and “with good sense”.

Working Language:

Mandarin and English.

Well-known cases:

Cargo insurance subrogation claims against air carriers and third parties over loss of and damages to chip-manufacturing equipment before Shenzhen Intermediate Court in 2022. The case established that two-year’s limitation of action as stipulated in Art 35 of the Montreal Convention of 1999 for the Unification of Certain Rules for International Carriage by Air can be suspended and interrupted in accordance with the law of the court (Chinese law).
Cargo insurance subrogation claims against inland road carriers and stevedores over loss of and damages to chip-producing equipment before Shanghai Financial Court in 2019.
M/T “XY11” explosion and oil pollution, liability insurer’s recourse against liable shipyard before Ningbo Maritime Court, Zhejiang High Court and PRC Supreme Court in 2017. Please refer to news on this website for more information.
"RG" c/w "SC" off Lianyungang in March 2005, general average, salvage, pollution and recourse against shipper;
"MSC C" c/w "HL" off Lianyungang in March 2005, collision claims, pollution and wreck removal.
M/V "S"- cargo damage investigation, cargo claims and charter party disputes;
M/V "YD" stranding off Zhoushan and cargo claims;
Cargo (crude oil) shortage claims in respect of M/T "TLZ";
M/V "Dh" charter party disputes;
M/V "G" spilt fuel oil at Huangpu River;
"DH" colliding and resulting in capsize of "ZSY" and loss of 8 lives off Shanghai;
M/V "AS" – steel cargo damage claims;
M/V "H3" capsized off Wenzhou and resulted in loss of cargo – cargo claim disputes;
The dispute of contract of sale for coal between a foreign Co. and a Chinese Imp & Exp Co.