InterOcean MS advises shipowners, insurers, charterers, and financial institutions on maritime claim strategy, ship arrest, vessel auction, and NPL recovery — across ports, countries, and legal systems few practitioners have directly worked.
InterOcean MS was founded in 2010 to bridge the gap between legal possibility and practical recovery. We provide independent, practitioner-level analysis — not a law firm, not a collection agency — but the strategic judgment that determines whether a claim is worth pursuing, how, and where.
In 2015, InterOcean Recovery Agency Pte. was established in Singapore to serve the Asia-Pacific maritime finance community, with a focus on ship arrest, vessel auction, and NPL portfolio recovery for lending institutions.
"100+ maritime law jurisdictions" is not an abstraction. In India alone, the Bombay, Madras, and Calcutta High Courts each apply distinct admiralty procedures. In the United States, federal admiralty rules differ materially across New York, New Orleans, Tampa, Los Angeles, and Seattle. Spanning the Atlantic seaboard to the Asia-Pacific, and from the Baltic down to Africa and Australia — a count of countries understates the reality. What matters is direct, proven experience at the port and court level.
Viability assessment, jurisdiction selection, and strategy comparison before legal costs are committed. Hull / SSBC (Major Casualty), Cargo, P&I, Charter Party disputes.
Arrest opportunity windows identified by AIS tracking, coordination with local counsel across 50+ ports, management of auction and sale proceedings.
For lending institutions holding non-performing ship-secured loans: collateral valuation, CAPEX/OPEX analysis, enforcement strategy, net recovery simulation.
Kick-off, weekly, monthly, and closing reports — based on the Lee Maritime Protocol. Designed to maintain client decision authority throughout the engagement.
Vetted admiralty counsel, marine surveyors, and maritime investigators across Singapore, Hong Kong, Korea, UK, and beyond.
Post-case feedback: translating claim outcomes into Charter Party, loan covenant, and insurance condition improvements that prevent recurrence.
Captain Lee has spent more than 30 years at the intersection of maritime operations and international claim recovery. He has personally executed ship arrest, vessel auction, and NPL recovery actions across more than 50 ports in over 20 countries — spanning 100+ maritime law jurisdictions from the Atlantic seaboard to the Asia-Pacific, and from the Baltic down to Africa and Australia.
SeaNapse is InterOcean MS's AI-powered maritime claim intelligence platform. It encodes the Lee Maritime Protocol — the decision framework built from three decades of direct claim action across 50+ ports — and delivers it as a structured Claim Decision Report.
During the pilot phase, each report is personally reviewed by Capt. J.M. Lee before delivery. AI full activation: Q4 2026.
Enquiry received. Capt. J.M. Lee will review your matter personally and respond within 2 business days. For urgent matters, email directly: jmlee@interoceanms.com