World Fuel Services turned to the Panama Maritime Court to seize the 7,500-teu Hanjin Baltimore (built 2005) over a claim of more than $1m.
The ship remains at anchor off the Pacific entrance to the Panama Canal.
Maritime lawyers in Panama see the country as a likely destination for Hanjin-related litigation because the South Korean operator is a major canal customer and because its two maritime courts are an arrest-friendly jurisdiction.
While
