Globus Maritime Limited, a dry bulk shipping company, announced yesterday that the M/V Star Globe, a 2010-built 56,867 DWT Supramax bulk carrier, was arrested in Panama by a bunker supplier who had not been paid by Allied Maritime Inc., the previous charterer of the Vessel.
To secure the Vessel’s release from arrest, the Company paid the bunker supplier’s invoice in full, plus legal costs. Furthermore, the Company has paid an overdue invoice, plus legal costs, of a second bunker supplier, who had also not been paid by the Charterer, and who had threatened to arrest the Vessel. Following these payments amounting to $593,537 in total, the arrest of the Vessel has been lifted. The Company is currently considering its legal options to recover the amounts paid, in addition to all other amounts owed by the Charterer.
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World Maritime News Staff, February 23, 2012; Image: Globus Maritime