Angara Maritime Ltd v Oceanconnect UK Ltd ('The M/V Fesco Angara') [2010] EWHC 619

Johanna Hjalmarsson

Bunker suppliers - Retention of title

The facts

The claimant owner of Fesco Angara, Angara Maritime Ltd, sought a declaration of non-liability in respect of bunkers to the value of US$177,305.59 supplied by the defendant to the owner’s time charterer, Britannia Bulkers A/S, which had entered into administration. The defendant bunker supplier Oceanconnect counterclaimed for damages in the same amount for conversion.