2019年4月24日新加坡公布了“Yue You 902” – Singapore High Ct [2019] SGHC 106一案，该案起因是Yue You 902的船东（被告）于2016年3月11日与FGV Trading签订运输棕榈油航次租约。2016年4月4日，Aavanti工业有限公司（Aavanti）向Ruchi Soya工业有限公司（Ruchi）签售1万吨棕榈油。
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DANGER DANGER – BEWARE – Discharging Cargo Against LOI
In a recent case in Singapore, The “Yue You 902” – Singapore High Ct [2019] SGHC 106 – 24 April 2019, on 11 March 2016, FGV Trading Sdn Bhd (FGV) entered into a voyage charterparty with the defendant owner of the vessel Yue You 902 (“the vessel”) for the carriage of a cargo of palm oil. On 4 April 2016, Aavanti Industries Pte Ltd (“Aavanti”) contracted to sell 10,000 mt palm oil to Ruchi Soya Industries Ltd (“Ruchi”).
See attached file: ALCO20190012 DANGER DANGER–BEWARE–Discharging Cargo Against LOI.pdf
Gulf of Guinea Remains A High-risk Area For Seafarers
The effect of piracy on crew and their safety continues to be a cause for concern and transiting West African waters remains particularly difficult. In the first half of 2019, 73% of all kidnappings at sea, and 92% of hostage-takings, took place in the Gulf of Guinea.
Of the 75 seafarers taken hostage onboard or kidnapped for ransom worldwide so far this year, 62 were captured in the Gulf of Guinea – off the coasts of Nigeria, Guinea, Togo, Benin and Cameroon, states the International Maritime Bureau’s (IMB) in its half-year report published on 8 July 2019.
See attached file: Gulf of Guinea Remains A High-risk Area For Seafarers.pdf
