Owner of the Vessel "Navigator Aries" v Owner of the Vessel "Leo Perdana" - [2023] SGCA 20, Singapore Court of Appeal (Judith Prakash, Steven Chong and Belinda Ang Saw Ean JJCA) - 7 July 2023

Shipping law - Collision - Narrow channel - International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea 1972, rules 5, 7, 8 and 9a

Navigator Aries was a liquefied gas tanker with a gross registered tonnage of 11,311 mt. Leo Perdana was a container vessel with a gross registered tonnage of 27,104 mt. On 28 June 2015 the vessels were travelling on reciprocal courses in the Surabaya Strait, Indonesia, a narrow channel. A collision occurred just before midnight. Both vessels were badly damaged and a fire broke out on Navigator Aries.