Bombay High Court Dismisses Application to Set Aside Arrest of Vessel in Admiralty Suit for Bunker Supply Debt. The court held that the supply of bunkers to a vessel constitutes a maritime claim under the Admiralty Act, 2017, and the vessel can be arrested in rem even if the bunkers were supplied on credit to the charterers....
The plaintiff, Georim Oil Corporation, a Korean company, supplied bunkers (fuel) to the vessel M.V. Flag Mersinidi, a Greek-flagged vessel, at the port of Mumbai. The bunkers were ordered by the chart...




