District Judge Benjamin Settle, of the federal court in Tacoma, Washington, issued the order to seize the 5,550-teu YM Success (built 2004) after fuel suppler Bunker Holdings filed a lawsuit requesting the arrest.
While several arrest lawsuits have been filed in the US over bunkers bought through OW Bunker and its affiliates before the Danish supplier collapsed into liquidation, Bunker Holdings’ complaint centres on fuel sold a month later by a Singapore-based OW entity.
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