On 8 December 2007 at 0247 a collision occurred in the Gulf of Aden in good visibility between the VLCC SAMCO Europe, heading for Rotterdam, and the containership MSC Prestige, heading for Mauritius.
The claimant buyer, a Luxembourg company, agreed to purchase the super yacht M/Y Namasté from the defendant seller, a German company, pursuant to an agreement dated 14 May 2008.
In 2004 the parties entered into a Memorandum of Agreement (“MOA”) for the purchase of a 20 year old bulk carrier at a price of US$7,171,500.
The plaintiff, a French Bank, arrested the vessels Sahand, Salaban and Tuchal in Singapore.
The fishing vessel Realice was owned by Peracomo Inc, the president and sole shareholder of which was Mr Réal Vallée, who was also the master of the vessel.
The claimant owners chartered their vessel Front Comor to Erg Petroli SpA on an amended Asbatankvoy form for the carriage of a cargo of crude oil to Erg’s refinery in Italy.
In October 2009 the Alina II was berthed at the Langebaan Iron Ore Terminal in the port of Saldanha Bay.
Parkroad Corporation (“Parkroad”), the Korean sub-time charterer of the Cyprus flag bulk carrier Nordems, placed an order in Korea with the plaintiff, an American bunker supplier, for the purchase of bunkers which were taken onboard the vessel in South Africa.
In 1996 the owners and the managers of the vessel Safir (among other defendants) were found liable by the Port Said Court of First Instance in respect of a pollution incident in 1989 when the Safir grounded off the coast of Egypt.
The petitioners brought proceedings against the respondents in England seeking payment of more than $2 million under an agreement dated 1 April 2009 whereby the petitioners were to provide to the respondents’ offshore intervention vessel Sarah remotely operated vehicle (“ROV”) equipment, systems, services and personnel.
