VALLIANZ SHIPBUILDING & ENGINEERING PTE LTD V OWNER OF THE VESSEL "ECO SPARK"

[2023] SGHC 353, High Court of the Republic of Singapore, General Division, S Mohan J, 18 December 2023

Admiralty – Admiralty jurisdiction and arrest – Action in rem – Definition of "ship" – Meaning of "vessel used in navigation" – Whether barge converted to floating fish farm a "ship" – High Court (Admiralty Jurisdiction) Act 1961, section 2 – Interpretation Act 1965

Eco Spark was a steel dumb barge that had been converted into a floating fish farm.