Singapore: High Court to hear FastFreight winding up application on 16 June

The winding up application of FastFreight Pte Ltd is scheduled to be heard at the High Court of Singapore at 10 am on 16 June, according to a Monday (5 June) notice on the Government Gazette.

The application was filed by Bulk Trident Shipping Ltd on 19 May, 2023.

Any creditor or contributory of the company desiring to support or oppose the making of an order on the winding up application may appear at the time of hearing by himself or his counsel for that purpose.

A copy of the winding up application will be furnished to any creditor or contributory of the company requiring the copy of the winding up application by the undersigned on payment of the regulated charge for the same.

The Claimant’s registered address is at 80 Broad Street, Monrovia, Liberia.

The Claimant’s solicitors are Dentons Rodyk & Davidson LLP of 80 Raffles Place, #33-00 UOB Plaza 1, Singapore.

Note: Any person who intends to appear on the hearing of the winding up application must serve on or send by post to the Claimant’s solicitors, Dentons Rodyk & Davidson LLP of 80 Raffles Place, #33-00 UOB Plaza 1, Singapore 048624, notice in writing of his intention to do so within the time and in the manner set out in Rule 70 of the Insolvency, Restructuring and Dissolution (Corporate Insolvency and Restructuring) Rules 2020. The notice must be in Form CIR-15 and state the name and address of the person, or, if a firm, the name and address of the firm, and must be signed by the person, firm, or his or their solicitor (if any). The notice must be served, or, if posted, must be posted in such time as in the ordinary course of post to reach the abovenamed not later than the 12th day of June 2023 (at least 3 clear working days before the day appointed for the hearing of the winding up application).

According to FastFreight’s website, the firm is a global player in the drybulk and tanker arena established in Singapore providing freight services to all sizes of fleet. It added it has offices in locations such as Mumbai and Dubai. 

Fastfreight lost an appeal against Bulk Trident Shipping regarding a charterparty of Anna Dorothea to carry a bulk cargo from East Coast, India to China. 

Photo credit: Ekaterina Bolovtsova
Published:8 June, 2023