THE "SEA JUSTICE"

[2024] SGCA 32, Singapore Court of Appeal, Tay Yong Kwang JCA; Belinda Ang Saw Ean JCA, 26 August 2024

Admiralty – Action in rem – Forum non conveniens – Stay – Retention of security – Importance of shipowner's right to choose limitation forum – The Spiliada

The defendant's vessel Sea Justice and the plaintiff's vessel A Symphony had been in a collision off Qingdao in PRC territorial waters, resulting in oil pollution.