Vestoil Ltd v M/V M Pioneer and Anr - US Ct of Appeals (11th Circuit) (Birch, Carnes and Barkett Ct JJ) - 19 September 2005

Admiralty jurisdiction - Bunker supplier agreeing to provide bunkers to vessel - Contract granting supplier maritime lien over vessel - Whether bunker supplier entitled to maritime lien - Whether US court had in rem jurisdiction over vessel

(2005) 676 LMLN 2

Vestoil, a Cyprus corporation with its principal place of business in Greece, supplied fuel oil to the vessel M Pioneer at a location near Singapore. At the time, the vessel flew under the Panamanian flag and was owned by defendant Financial Shipping, a Maltese corporation based in Italy.

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