The first use of remotely collected evidence in a UK Admiralty Court trial has helped settle afierce legal fight arising from a bizarre multi-vessel collision in the Suez Canal in 2018.

Justice Nigel Teare, in his last admiralty case, found the owner of the 74,200-dwt bulker Panamax Alexander (built 2001) 100% responsible for the pile-up.

The owner is listed as Pacific Pearl, with Cyprus Sea Lines as the manager at that time.