Global telecommunications provider Pacnet claims another Khai Hoan vessel — the 16,800-dwt products tanker Glory Star (built 2008) — caused severe damage to one of its subsea fibre-optic cables off Singapore earlier this year.

It estimates the damage to be around SGD 1.9m ($1.5m) and wants the Vietnamese owner to put up security for the claim before it releases the Glory Ocean.

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