MECK PETROLEUM DMCC V OWNER AND/OR DEMISE CHARTERER OF THE VESSEL "VICTOR 1" (IMO NO 9283722)

[2024] SGHC 165, High Court of the Republic of Singapore, General Division, S Mohan J, 28 June 2024

Admiralty – Jurisdiction – Arrest – Statutory liens – Bareboat charterparties – Action in rem – Judicial sale – Effect of judicial sale on bareboat charterparty – High Court (Admiralty Jurisdiction) Act 1961 (2020 Rev Ed), section 4(4)

The first defendant Ceto was the demise charterer and the second defendant Savoy the registered owner of the vessel Victor 1 when she was arrested on 25 March 2022 and judicially sold on 16 January 2024.