The United States Bankruptcy Court on Wednesday (11 May) issued its final decree and order against the Chapter 11 cases of O.W. Bunker Holding North America Inc. and O.W. Bunker USA Inc., instructing both firms to make final distributions to creditors.
“When final distributions are made, OW Bunker USA and its affiliate OW Bunker North America will have distributed about $23.5 million to their creditors,” said Robert O’Connor, Partner at Montgomery McCracken Walker & Rhoads LLP.
Both O.W. Bunker Holding North America and O.W. Bunker USA are subsidiaries of O.W. Bunker, a firm based at Nørresundby, Denmark which was once the world’s largest bunkering firm until its collapse on 7 November 2014.
Infamously, O.W. Bunker went from initial public offering (IPO) to bankruptcy in less than a year, leaving a trail of creditors.
A total of 180 creditors have sought to seek claims from O.W. Bunker USA, according to the court creditor list document (filed: 13 November 2014) seen by Singapore bunkering publication Manifold Times.
The U.S. Claims Register Summary recorded a total USD 833,143,296.60 claims against O.W. Bunker USA; amongst claimants were:
The High Court of Denmark in June 2018 issued Lars Moller, the former CEO of O.W. Bunker subsidiary firm Dynamic Oil Trading (DOT), an increased five-year prison sentence.
Moller was guilty of issuing credit which significantly exceeded the approved limit of USD 10 million for DOT to the tune of approximately USD 90.2 million, eventually leading to the bankruptcy of O.W. Bunker in 2014.
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Photo credit: Manifold Times
Published: 17 May, 2022
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