Casualty and Litigation Work
Acted for the owners and underwriters of the vessel “FORMOSAPRODUCT BRICK” in claims arising from a widely-publicised collision with the vessel “OSTENDE MAX” at the Malacca Straits which resulted in the death of nine crew members on board the “FORMOSAPRODUCT BRICK”.
- Boskalis Westminster Shipping BV
Acted for Boskalis in a fast-moving and complex ship-building dispute where the opponents applied for an injunction restraining the bond issuer from paying the performance bond under the ship-building contract. We successfully resisted the opponents’ application for an injunction at both the High Court and the Court of Appeal levels.
- “MANILA BAY”, “SIRI BHUM”
Acted for Owners and their P&I Club in investigations into the cause of the collapse of the containers on board the vessel, defending cargo claims brought by cargo interests in various jurisdictions and seeking indemnities from the parties responsible.
Acted for Owners and their P&I Club in investigations into the cause of contamination of a cargo of methanol and defending cargo claims brought by cargo interests in various jurisdictions.
Acted for President Agri Trading Co Ltd, Thailand’s largest rice exporter, who were the owners of cargo shipped on board the vessel in a claim for conversion of the cargo (over which a lien was wrongfully exercised) and injury to proprietary interests in the cargo and the failure to extend payment in the form of an LC.
Advising disponent owners and P&I interests in an average incident off Singapore involving almost 1,000 containers on board and ensuing cargo claims.
- Swift-Fortune v Magnifica Marine SA
Acted for Swift-Fortune, a Liberian company in this landmark case which addressed important issues relating to the power of a Singapore Court to grant interlocutory relief in aid of international arbitrations pursuant to section 12(7) of the Singapore International Arbitration Act.
Acted for UMCi Limited, a Taiwanese-based semiconductor wafer fabrication plant in Singapore in a marine insurance claim against Tokio Marine Fire and Insurance Co Pte Ltd.
Acted for owners in a claim under their H&M policy arising from the vessel’s grounding off Taiwan due to Typhoon Sanfu.
Acted for cargo underwriters in relation to the grounding of the vessel in Indonesia giving rise to a substantial claim.
Acted for a trade finance bank against two shipowners in relation to the collapse of the Projector Group of oil trading entities and obtaining security for the shipowners in excess of US$90 million.
- Iranian Offshore Engineering & Construction Company
Acted for the Iranian Offshore Engineering & Construction Company against the seller in a dispute arising from the sale and purchase of an oil drilling jack-up rig.
Acted for Sunwoo in a dispute with the sellers / builders of newbuildings (chemical tankers) valued at US$153 million for repudiation and/or breach of bareboat charter and sale and purchase obligations.
Acted for the shipowners in this landmark litigation culminating in a successful claim for wrongful arrest of the vessel.
Acted for the owners in relation to the acceptance of a Skuld P&I Club letter of undertaking. The Singapore High Court affirmed that letters of undertaking issued by reputable P&I Clubs were an adequate form of security to secure the release of an arrested vessel.
Successfully secured a substantial underlying claim of approximately US$70 million by the arrest of the vessel.
Acted for the owners of the semi-submersible offshore drilling platform “ESSAR WILDCAT” which was arrested three times in connection with claims totalling approximately US$10.5 million.
Acted for Pacific King Shipping Pte Ltd (demise charterers) and KP7 International SA (owners) in court proceedings in South Africa, resulting in setting aside an associated ship arrest arising from a very substantial time charter hire claim (in the region of US$100 million) by Glory Wealth Shipping Pte Ltd.
Acted for the Singapore container ship operator in enforcement proceedings in Singapore pursuant to London arbitral awards and costs orders made by the English High Court resulting in substantial recoveries through attachments on receivables and seizures of two container ships.
Acted for the owners of the “HIGH ENDURANCE” in a claim arising from a high profile collision with “MSC TOLEDO”.
Acted for the owners of the “APL DUBAI” and their P&I insurers (the Japan P&I Club) in a collision with the “APL ALMANDINE” off Singapore.
Acted for the owners of the “NAVIGATOR” and the American Club in the Singapore Courts in a claim for damage to a breasting dolphin of a berth owned by Vopak.
Acted for the owners of the vessel “YONG WANG” and their P&I Club in connection with the loss of numerous containers carried on board due to the Typhoon Nagris.
Acted for Vopak Terminals Singapore to claim for losses and damages arising from the collision of the vessel “EASTERN FORTITUDE” into Vopak’s terminal.
Acted for the owners of the vessel “TRUST FORTUNE” and their P&I Club in connection with a collision with the vessel “PLATINUM DIAMOND” in the Traffic Separation Scheme off Singapore.
Acted for Ocean Tankers Pte Ltd and their P&I Club (North of England) in a collision between the “OCEAN SAPPHIRE” and the “S.A. HELDERBERG” off Tanjung Pelapas.
Acted for the owners and underwriters of the vessel “CHERKASSY” in claims arising from a collision with the vessel “DOUBLE JOY”.
Acted for the owners and P&I Club of the vessel “O PRINCESS” in claims arising from a collision with the vessel “SCOTTISH BARD”.
Acted for the owners and underwriters of the vessel “TAI XING” in claims arising from a collision with the vessel “LAVA DARA”.
Acted for the Singapore Government against P&O Nedlloyd, the owners of the Dutch container ship “ANL INDONESIA” which collided with the Republic of Navy ship “RSS COURAGEOUS”.
Non-contentious
Acted for Jurong Port Pte Ltd in the review of its operational processes and procedures for workplace safety and health compliance.
Acted for Jurong Town Corporation in the negotiation and preparation of agreements with Helios Terminal Corporation Ltd and PSA Marine Pte Ltd respectively for the use of jetty and berthing services for Helios’ terminal.
Advised Cosco in their joint venture with PSA Ltd in the operation of two berths at PSA, Singapore.
Acted for Universal Terminal to prepare a Facilities Agreement with Jurong Town Corporation for the use of jetty and pipeline infrastructure at Universal Terminal’s extensive new facility.
- Plant Engineering Construction
Acted for Plant Engineering Construction in the preparation of its terminalling contract with Fujairah Refinery Co.
- Vopak Terminals Singapore
Acted for Vopak Terminals Singapore to negotiate and prepare its agreements to provide storage and handling services and facilities for chemical, oil and/or petroleum products.
- Sparkle Holdings Management Pte Ltd
Acted for Sparkle Holdings Management Pte Ltd to prepare agreement for the acquisition of interests in the exploration, development and production of crude oil and natural gas in the Guidar and Karadum regions.