BEREG MECHTY

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arrived Alang Anchorage

arrived Alang Anchorage 26.08.24, arrested

Sold to Breakers

Sold to Breakers 02.09.24

Reefer arrested due to ownership dispute

The 'Bereg Mechty', having been renamed 'Bereg Machty', which arrived at Alang at the end of August 2024, has been arrested by an entity that claims to have been its owner since 2016. The reefer was arrested while at anchor on Sep 5 by Subriton Investment, which claims the ship was stolen from the port of Vladivostok and resold for recycling. The ship was towed away by the Russian-flagged AHTS 'Ajax'. S&P Global’s International Ships Register (ISR) indicated that the renaming took place in May, when ownership was transferred from the Kasira Marine of Cyprus to the Delta Llnk of Singapore. Subriton claimed that it acquired the vessel as 'Bereg Mechty' from the Kasira Marine for $5.5m in June 2016 and was still its rightful owner. Subriton told the High Court of Gujarat at Ahmedabad that after taking delivery of the ship, its paperwork was removed without authorisation by the person who held the power of attorney to sell the ship on Kasira Marine’s behalf. Subriton said that as the new owner of the ship, it got caught up in a legal battle that was playing out in the Arbitration Court of Primorsky Krai between Kasira Marine and other parties. The Bereg Mechty’s last AIS signal was in Vladivostok in Dec 2016. The ship was laid up in the port for the duration of the legal battle that ended when a decision was handed down by the arbitration court on June 15. Subriton argued that the arbitration court declared it to be the owner throughout the jurisdical battle, and in fact when handing down its decision, the court asked it to make payments with respect to vessel. Subriton’s lawyers said the company subsequently learnt that the 'Bereg Mechty' had been towed away from its berth in Vladivostok around June 27, en route to Alang for scrapping with Delta Llnk as its registered owner.