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11 Mar 2021

Widow of Bangladesh Shipbreaker Pursues Test Case on Worker Safety

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A Bangladeshi woman whose husband died dismantling an oil tanker in a local shipyard was given the green light this week to keep pursuing a claim for compensation from a UK company linked to the vessel in a test case for the shipbreaking industry.Britain’s Court of Appeal threw out a request by London-based shipbroker Maran (UK) Ltd for the negligence case to be dismissed, the second appeal the company has lost.Hamida Begum’s husband, Khalil Mollah, 32, fell to his death in 2018 while breaking up the tanker Ekta in the Bangladesh port of Chattogram…

17 Jun 2013

Two New Directors Appointed at FSL Trust

FSL Trust Management Pte. Ltd. (FSLTM), as trustee-manager of First Ship Lease Trust (FSL Trust), announced the appointment of Mr. Simon Davidson and Mr. Timothy James Reid to its Board of Directors. Simon Davidson joins the Board of FSLTM as independent and non-executive director. He is a partner at Holman Fenwick Willan in Singapore and has practiced in the areas of shipping, commodity and other litigation in the High Court in London, the High Court in Hong Kong and in arbitration in London, Hong Kong, Singapore and numerous other jurisdictions over a period of nearly three decades. Timothy James Reid will serve as non-independent and non-executive director on the Board of FSLTM. He is currently a Director of FSL Holdings Pte. Ltd., the sponsor of FSL Trust. Mr.

07 Aug 2002

Sea Containers Acquires 92 Percent of Silja

Sea Containers Ltd. passenger transport operator, marine container lessor and leisure industry investor, announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Silja Holdings Ltd., had received acceptances of its tender offer to acquire all the outstanding common stock of Silja Oyj Abp, bringing its total shareholding in Silja to 92 percent. The significance of the 90 percent threshold is that Silja Holdings may now compulsorily acquire all the remaining shares in Silja in accordance with Finnish law. Sea Containers shareholding in Silja was increased to 75% in the second quarter of 2002 which will result in consolidation of Silja's assets and liabilities with those of Sea Containers at June 30th.