Skip to content

Singapore: US-flagged tug “Marianas Envoy” auctioned for SGD 500,000 in admiralty action

  • Published
  • by Admin
Creditors having a claim against the ship or proceeds of the sale thereof on which they intend to proceed to judgment should approach court within 90 days.
Singapore High Court

The High Court of the Republic of Singapore on 17 June received SGD 500,000 (USD 390,733) over the sale of the US-flagged tug Marianas Envoy, according to a Government Gazette post which was published on Tuesday (24 June). 

The notice said Marianas Envoy, formerly known as KST 34, was sold pursuant to an order of the High Court of Singapore in the admiralty action in Rem against the ship between ST Engineering Marine Ltd and the owner or demise charterer of the vessel, dated 30 May 2025.

“The order of priority of all claims against the proceeds of sale of the Vessel, Bunkers, and interest earned thereon, shall not be determined until after the expiration of ninety (90) days, beginning with the day on which the proceeds of sale are paid into court (the Moratorium Period),” it stated. 

“Any person having a claim against the ship or the proceeds of the sale thereof on which they intend to proceed to judgment should accordingly do so before the expiration of that period.”

Manifold Times previously reported the tug’s arrest in Singapore waters. According to the list of vessels under Sheriff’s arrest in Singapore’s court system at the time, the arresting solicitor listed was law firm Joseph Tan Jude Benny LLP.

According to the Sheriff’s Sale advertisement of the tug, the vessel was built in 1995 and noted that the net value of bunkers on board the vessel was considered to be “nil”.

Prior to Marianas Envoy, the last vessel sold pursuant to an order of the High Court of Singapore was the Liberia-flagged livestock carrier Yangtze Harmony in 2023. 

Yangtze Harmony was the centre of piling bunker claims with Glander International Bunkering (Norway) AS, through its Singapore group company Glander International Bunkering Pte. Ltd., seeking payment of USD 115,963.52 (not including contractual compensation and interests) from the vessel’s demise charterer.

Related: Singapore: US-flagged tug “Marianas Envoy” placed under Sheriff’s arrest
Related: Singapore: “Yangtze Harmony” auctioned for SGD 4.8 million in admiralty action

 

Photo credit: Manifold Times
Published: 25 June, 2025

Related Topics:

Related Posts