Banco Do Brasil S.A. v. The owners and all others interested in the ship Alexandros G. Tsavliris - Federal Court (Trial Div.) (Gibson J.) - 20 October 1993

Admiralty practice - Dock company provided dock services and permitted arrested vessel to remain tied to its wharf from the time of arrest - Whether dock company entitled to claim in priority to plaintiff mortgagee

The defendant vessel was arrested pursuant to a warrant of arrest issued on 2 June 1987. At the time of the arrest the vessel was berthed at the wharves of Fraser Surrey Docks Ltd. (“Fraser Surrey”), the sole remaining claimant, other than the plaintiff, to the proceeds from the judicial sale of the vessel.