AUSTRALIAN MARITIME SAFETY AUTHORITY V GLOBEX SHIPPING SA AND ANOTHER

[2018] FCA 1477, Federal Court of Australia, Derrington J, 28 September 2018

Admiralty - Service out of jurisdiction - Application to serve interlocutory application outside of Australia - Whether requirements for service out of the jurisdiction satisfied - Admiralty Act 1988 (Cth) - Protection of the Sea (Civil Liability for Bunker Oil Pollution Damage) Act 2008 (Cth)

This was AMSA's application to serve the application and statement of claim on Globex Shipping outside Australia. AMSA asserted that Globex Shipping was the registered owner of the vessel MV Regina, a Maltese-registered bulk carrier. The second defendant was its P&I Club at the relevant time. AMSA's claim related to liability under the provisions of Australian law implementing the International Convention on Civil Liability for Bunker Oil Pollution Damage 2001. It alleged that 90 tonnes of bunker oil had escaped from MV Regina In North Queensland in July 2015, and claimed AUS$1.4 million in clean-up costs.