大新華

Grand China angers shipowners by withholding charter payments

A second large Chinese shipping company has angered shipowners by withholding charter payments worth millions of dollars.

Greece’s family-owned Vafias Group, Oslo-listed Golden Ocean and Bergen-based Spar Shipping told the Financial Times they were either taking legal action or withdrawing ships from charters after Hainan-based Grand China Logistics halted payments on vessels used to transport dry bulk commodities. Minerva Marine, an Athens-based ship management company, also confirmed it was having problems securing payments for one vessel. Many other shipowners worldwide have not received payments from Grand China, which is part of the HNA group.

In September China’s Cosco, the world’s biggest operator of dry bulk ships, resumed payments after withholding cash in an effort to force shipowners to renegotiate high-priced charter contracts. State-owned Cosco backed down after three of its ships were seized by bailiffs and prevented from leaving port.

您已閱讀43%(961字),剩餘57%(1276字)包含更多重要資訊,訂閱以繼續探索完整內容,並享受更多專屬服務。
版權聲明:本文版權歸FT中文網所有,未經允許任何單位或個人不得轉載,複製或以任何其他方式使用本文全部或部分,侵權必究。
設置字型大小×
最小
較小
默認
較大
最大
分享×