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Too late: Legal effect of ‘no lien’ stamp on BDN after bunker contract

This was a lawyer’s response to a question posted by an audience member at the Singapore-held IBIA Annual Convention 2017.
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Having a ‘no lien’ stamp printed on a bunker delivery note (BDN) by itself does not protect the owners as it is ‘too late’ for any legal effect in the event of the buyer’s insolvency, says the Senior Partner at Singapore-based law firm JosephtanJudeBenny (JTJB).

Danny Chua was responding to a delegate question at IBIA Annual Convention 2017 which enquired of the payment due to a bunker supplier in the event the charterer [buyer] becoming liquidated.

The scenario revolved around bunkers being purchased by the charterer and delivered a few days later, with the vessel stamping ‘no lien’ on the BDN on behalf of the vessel owner.

‘The legal effect of a no lien stamp frankly comes too late after the contract because at the time the contract is made it will probably be through the exchange of emails and the final fixture,’ Chua explained.

‘That will be the point at which the contract will have a reason [to exist] and by the time this stamp is placed, possibly by the Chief Engineer on board, it will have come way too late from the day the contract is made.’

In any case assuming the insolvent bunker buyers are time charterers of the vessel, the vessel itself will also not be liable for bunker claims, notes Chua.

‘Bunker suppliers can only go after the insolvent time charterers but not against the end purchasers unless in jurisdictions that allow a maritime lien on supplies which is not the case here in Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong and the UK,’ he says.

Chua specialises in Shipping & Admiralty Law and was involved in the (Precious Shipping Public Co Ltd and others v. OW Bunker Far East (Singapore) Pte Ltd and others and other matters [2015] 4 SLR 1229) case.

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Singapore: Final meeting scheduled for Tiger LNG Shipping Pte Ltd

Meeting will be held on 29 June at 190 Middle Road #17-05 Fortune Centre Singapore 188979 to hear any explanation that may be given by the liquidator, according to Government Gazette notice.
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The final meeting for Tiger LNG Shipping Pte Ltd has been scheduled to take place on 29 June, according to the company’s liquidators on a notice posted on Friday (29 May) on the Government Gazette.

The meetings will be held at 10.30am at 190 Middle Road #17-05 Fortune Centre Singapore 188979. 

The meeting is being held for the purpose of having an account laid before the meeting showing the manner in which the winding up has been conducted and the property of the company disposed of, and of hearing any explanation that may be given by the liquidator.

The following are the details of the liquidator:

LUM CHI LUP BENNY
c/o 190 Middle Road
#17-05 Fortune Centre
Singapore 188979

 

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Published: 2 June, 2026

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Singapore: Annual general meetings scheduled for Xin Guang Shipping and An Xing Shipping

Annual general meeting of the company and creditors for An Xing Shipping and Xin Guang Shipping will be held by electronic means on 11 June and 12 June respectively.

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Several notices were published on the Government Gazette on Tuesday (26 May) regarding the annual general meetings of the companies and creditors to be held electronically from 5 to 6 May for Xin Guang Shipping Pte Ltd and An Xing Shipping Pte Ltd. 

Annual general meeting for Xin Guang Shipping are to be held on 12 June at the following times:

  • Annual general meeting of the Company at 2pm
  • Annual general meeting of the creditors of the Company at 3pm

Annual general meeting for An Xing Shipping are to be held on 11 June at the following times:

  • Annual general meeting of the Company at 2pm
  • Annual general meeting of the creditors of the Company at 3pm

The agenda for all the meetings are:

  • To receive an update on the liquidation.
  • To receive an account of the Liquidators’ acts and dealings, and of the conduct of the winding up.

The following are the details of the liquidator: 

Ho May Kee
Liquidator
c/o 8 Marina View
#40-04/05 Asia Square Tower 1
Singapore 018960

 

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Published: 28 May, 2026

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Singapore: Notice of intended dividend issued for Xihe Capital Pte Ltd

Xihe Capital Pte Ltd and its subsidiaries are owned by the Lim family, who are also the owners of the embattled Hin Leong Trading.
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A notice to declare the intended dividend of Xihe Capital Pte Ltd to its creditors has been posted on the Government Gazette on Wednesday (15 April).

Xihe Capital Pte Ltd and its subsidiaries are owned by the Lim family, who are also the owners of the embattled Hin Leong Trading.

The following are the details of the notice of intended dividend:

Name of Company : XIHE CAPITAL (PTE.) LTD. (IN CREDITORS’ VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION)

Unique Entity No. / Registration No. : 201727410K

Address of Registered Office : 10 ANSON ROAD, #10-10, INTERNATIONAL PLAZA SINGAPORE 079903

Last Day for Receiving Proofs : 5 June 2026

Name of Liquidator : TAM CHEE CHONG

Address : c/o 10 ANSON ROAD, #10-10, INTERNATIONAL PLAZA SINGAPORE 079903

 

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Published: 25 May, 2026

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