Recently, the FDD department of Andrew Liu assisted a client (the ship owners based in China), who were in a big trouble in a foreign port. The charter hire was not paid to them, and the receivers of cargo on board the vessel had arrested the vessel in Bangladesh, and if that was not enough, the receivers even managed to get a local court order that put the obligation on the ship owners to discharge the cargo!
Facts of the Cases
In this case, the Charterers from Singapore and the Receivers from Bangladesh had a cargo of cement on board the vessel. They had already partially discharged the cargo. The Owners, who are client of Andrew Liu had to shut the hatches for non-payment of hire pursuant to NYPE charterparty, and were waiting at the anchorage to resolve the problem. The Receivers, a big Bangladesh organization, passed a claim for nearly a million dollars against the vessel as a result of delay arising due to waiting at anchorage.
See attached file: ALCO20160013 Owners in a big trouble – Hire was not paid & the vessel was arrested by Receivers for various doubtful claims.pdf
船东遭遇麻烦
– 未收到租金且收货人提出无端索赔并扣船
最近，我司抗辩险部门协助一国内船东解决其在国外港口遭遇的问题。在该事件中，船东未收到租金，收货人在孟加拉国扣船，不但如此，收货人申请了当地法院令，迫使船东去履行卸货义务。
案件事实
本案船舶装运水泥，涉及新加坡租家和孟加拉国收货人。我司船东客户，在租家停付租金期间关闭舱口。当时已部分卸货。船舶在孟加拉国港口锚地等待期间，租家根据NYPE租约格式停付租金。收货人是孟加拉国的一个大集团，他们以船舶在孟加拉国锚地等待造成延误为由，向船东提出近100万美金的索赔。
详细信息请参阅附件。
