HONG KONG's Shagang Shipping has announced that it has
released the Chinese cruise liner the Henna it had arrested in Korea after
receiving US$2.7 million from the HNA Group for partial payment of US$58
million it allegedly owes.
"HNA Group Company Limited has continued to resist
their obligations, whilst hiding behind a very complex corporate structure
which prevents creditors from attaching their assets through layers of
companies incorporated around the world," said a Shagang official.
The ship was arrested on Friday September 13 in Jeju,
Korea with 2,520 people on board, including 1,659 passengers and 861 crew. Its
arrest followed a protracted legal battle with HNA Group, based in Hainan, over
the continuing non-payment of US$58 million in unpaid debts.
Advisers to Shagang Shipping said that about 1,100
passengers were on September 15 repatriated to China by chartered aircraft. The
rest of the passengers will be offered a tour of Korea's Jeju Island once they
disembarked the vessel.
Shagang Shipping said it was able to demonstrate to the
Korean Court that HNA were the actual owners of the vessel, which the Korean
judge accepted and ordered the arrest.
Shagang Shipping said it will continue to press its
long-standing claims against HNA for the rest of the $58 million.
Over the course of two years Shagang Shipping obtained
six arbitration awards against Grand China Shipping, and then had to enforce
the awards to get paid.
Due to their financial circumstances and failure to meet
their debts to a number of creditors, the affairs of Grand China Shipping were
wound up by a Hong Kong bankruptcy court earlier this year.
Source : HKSG.
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