MARCHAND NAVIGATION CO V OLAM GLOBAL AGRI PTE LTD AND AN0THER

[2023] SGHC 339, High Court of the Republic of Singapore, General Division, Kwek Mean Luck J, 29 November 2023

Admiralty – Liens on sub-freights – Demurrage – Disponent owner exercising lien over sub-freights – Time charterer asserting arbitration clause – Meaning of "dispute"

The claimant Marchand was the disponent owner of the vessel Maria Theo 1 and the second defendant Sinco was the charterer on a time charterparty based on NYPE (New York Produce Exchange) 1946 and containing an arbitration clause providing for English law and arbitration.