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Evergreen won legal wrangle
After the collision of the containership 'Ever Smart' with the 'Alexandra 1', which was meanwhile broken up as 'Bass', the company Evergreen Marine has now won a legal wrangle to overturn a liability ruling in the UK's first-ever Supreme Court collision ruling. The Taiwanese operator had previously been found 80% responsible for the collision with the tanker, then sailing as 'Alexandra 1', off Jebel Ali in 2015. The ruling meant that the Admiralty Court will have to reapportion the blame for the incident. The judgment also reinforced the primacy of the "crossing rules" in the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea 1972, viewed as the principle rules of conduct in navigation. Evergreen was appealing a 2020 ruling in the Court of Appeal that backed up the Admiralty Court's original 80%/20% liability split. The 'Ever Smart' had suffered a damage of $4million in the accident. The 'Alexandra 1', the bow of which was split to beneath the waterline and whose condensate cargo had to be transhipped before a repair could be carried out, had suffered damages of more than $32 million. The case hinged on whether narrow channel rules overrode crossing rules.
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Arrested Suezmax Tanker Put up for Auction in Singapore
The arrested Suezmax tanker Ambassador has been put to auction in Singapore, according to the latest records from the Supreme Court of Singapore. As Ship & Bunker has reported, the 1997-built Ambassador was arrested at 10:55 a.m. on January 19, 2017 following action by Gurbani & Co LLC. Data from VesselsValue.com indicates the bulk carrier was controlled by Cyprus-based Transland Bulk Carriers (Transland) and has a market value of $8.43 million. Court documents show that the net value of bunkers onboard the vessel is S$46,299 ($33,177), and must be paid at value for by the vessel purchaser in addition to the vessel's final sale price. Bids, along with a deposit of S$50,000 ($35,829), must be submitted to Singapore's Sheriff's Office Legal Registry no later than 3 p.m. on April 12, 2017. http://shipandbunker.com/news/apac/365972-arrested-suezmax-tanker-put-up-for-auction-in-singapore
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