Yasa Shipping of Turkey has seen one of its bulkers seized in Singapore over a small ship chandler bill, a move that comes as a surprise for a shipping company rarely associated with vessel arrest cases.

Carr Group, a Singapore-based ship chandler that specialises in Turkish and Mediterranean food, filed an arrest warrant against Yasa’s 83,500-dwt bulk carrier Yasa H Mehmet (built 2011) upon its arrival from Phu My in Vietnam on 13 November.