OW Bunker In Singapore – Where Are We?

Co-authored by: Mohan Subbaraman, Bernard Yee

Although the Singapore courts have not, to date, been required to consider the legal issues which have recently come before the English courts in the Res Cogitans, the cases which have come before the Singapore courts indicate that the courts may be no more sympathetic to the plight of the owners and physical bunker suppliers than the UK courts have been, and that the remedy for physical bunkers suppliers most probably lies in proving their claims in insolvency proceedings against OW Bunker.

Introduction To date, the Singapore courts have only handed down two decisions related to the ongoing OW Bunker saga. Both of these cases were decisions handed down by Mr Steven Chong J, sitting in the Singapore High Court: