Court documents seen by Reuters show claims for SGD 5.3m ($4.11m) have been filed in recent days.

Part of this sum is down to Hin Leong Trading, whose legal action and arrest of a bunker tanker in Singapore had already been reported.

Joining Hin Leong are Golden Island Diesel Oil Trading, Bunker House Petroleum, Equatorial Marine Fuel Management Services and Panoil Petroleum.

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