DA HUI SHIPPING (PTE) LTD (IN CREDITORS' VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION) V AN RONG SHIPPING PTE LTD (IN LIQUIDATION)

[2025] SGCA 30, Singapore Court of Appeal, Sundaresh Menon CJ, Belinda Ang Saw Ean JCA and Kannan Ramesh JAD, 23 June 2025

Admiralty – Jurisdiction – Arrest – Action in rem – Claimant seeking declaration that it was subrogated to rights against vessel owner – Vessel judicially sold in admiralty proceedings – Claim against sale proceeds – Claim made outside admiralty proceedings - Variation of a priority order - Subrogation

Da Hui and An Rong were sister companies, now both in liquidation. The Singapore branch of Bank of America (BOA) had granted a loan facility under which the companies were jointly and severally liable.