All eyes will be on the Singapore courts in January when judges begin to hear cases involving the arrests of the seven bunker tankers that are now in court custody.
At issue is whether the usual principles of cargo law and the validity of bills of lading are applicable in the bunkering field.
The two parties who have arrested the ships — Hin Leong Trading and Phillips 66 Trading — both argue that they held title to the bills of lading for the bunkers that were supplied by these tankers to oceangoing ships at the order of OW Bunkers.
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