DP World (Canada) Inc. v. Seacube Container Leasing Ltd.

DP World (Canada) Inc. v. Seacube Container Leasing Ltd.
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Federal Court Decisions
Date
2017-02-10
Neutral citation
2017 FC 174
File numbers
T-2249-16
Decision Content
Date: 20170210
Docket: T-2249-16
Citation: 2017 FC 174
Vancouver, British Columbia, February 10, 2017
PRESENT: The Honourable Mr. Justice Shore
ADMIRALTY ACTION IN REM
AGAINST THE CONTAINERS LISTED IN APPENDIX “A”
AND IN PERSONAM
BETWEEN:
DP WORLD (CANADA) INC.
Plaintiff
and
The CONTAINERS LISTED IN APPENDIX “A” and the Owners and all Others Interested in the CONTAINERS LISTED IN APPENDIX “A”, SEACUBE CONTAINER LEASING LTD., DONG FANG INTERNATIONAL ASSET MANAGEMENT LTD., FLORENS ASSET MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED,
SEACO KOREA LTD.
TEXTAINER GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED,
THE KOREAN DEVELOPMENT BANK
and JOHN DOE LTD.
Defendants
ORDER
UPON MOTION dated January 4, 2017, on behalf of the Plaintiff, for, inter alia, an Order:
1. Pursuant to Rule 490(1)(a) of the Federal Courts Rules that the Defendant Containers be sold without appraisal by private contract and as more particularly described as follows before judgment is granted:
(a) The Defendant Containers shall be sold by conduct of DP World without advertising, with all existing faults, without any allowance for deficiencies or errors of description whatsoever and without any legal or contractual representations or warranties whatsoever, but free and clear of all liens and encumbrances under Canadian Maritime Law;
(b) Any sale of the Defendant Containers shall not require advance Court approval, but DP World may seek Court approval if it chooses to do so;
(c) In the event of a sale, DP World be hereby authorized to sign a bill of sale transferring ownership and title of the Defendant Containers to the purchaser free and clear of any liens and encumbrances;
(d) Possession, risk and title to the Defendant Containers shall pass to the purchaser on delivery by DP World of a signed bill of sale to the purchaser or as otherwise agreed between DP World and the purchaser;
(e) The following shall be deemed to be expenses of sale, and shall rank first in priority from the proceeds of sale of the Defendant Containers over all other claims:
i. amounts expended or incurred by DP World that pertain directly to the Defendant Containers, including but not limited to any amounts expended or incurred by DP World for storage fees and any other maintenance fees; and,
ii. all reasonable expenses of advertisement of the sale, costs, disbursement and other expenses necessary or inherent to giving effect to this Order;
(f) Proceeds of the Sale shall be directed to be paid to DP World to cover the cost of recovering sums due from the Defendants and for storage fees and related charges for the Defendant Containers.
AND UPON the Motion in respect of the Defendant Containers owned by Dong Fang International Asset Management Ltd, Florens Asset Management Company Limited, Textainer Group Holdings Limited, The Korean Development Bank and John Doe Ltd. being granted on Tuesday, February 7, 2017;
AND UPON reading the motion record filed on behalf of the Plaintiff and upon the consent of counsel for the Plaintiff and counsel for Seacube Container Leasing Ltd., Seaco Korea Ltd. and Seaco Global (UK) Ltd. as owners of the Defendant Containers listed in Schedule 1 hereto;
THIS COURT ORDERS that:
1. The Defendant Containers owned by Seacube Container Leasing Ltd., Seaco Korea Ltd. and Seaco Global (UK) Ltd. currently located at the Terminal operated by the Plaintiff in the Port of Vancouver as listed in Schedule “1” hereto shall be sold by DP World without advertising, with all existing faults, without any allowance for deficiencies or errors of description whatsoever and without any legal or contractual representations or warranties whatsoever, but free and clear of all liens and encumbrances under Canadian Maritime Law;
2. DP World is hereby authorized to sign a bill of sale transferring ownership and title of the Defendant Containers listed in Schedule “1” to the purchaser free and clear of any liens and encumbrances;
3. Possession, risk and title to the Defendant Containers listed in Schedule “1” shall pass to the purchaser on delivery by DP World of a signed bill of sale to the purchaser or as otherwise agreed between DP World and the purchaser;
4. The following shall be deemed to be expenses of sale, and shall rank first in priority from the proceeds of sale of the Defendant Containers listed in Schedule “1” over all other claims:
(a) amounts expended or incurred by DP World that pertain directly to the Defendant Containers, including but not limited to any amounts expended or incurred by DP World for storage fees and any other maintenance fees; and,
(b) all reasonable expenses of advertisement of the sale, costs, disbursement and other expenses necessary or inherent to giving effect to this Order;
5. The proceeds of the sale of the Defendant Containers listed in Schedule “1” shall initially be paid to “Bernard LLP, In Trust” and Bernard LLP shall thereafter distribute the proceeds of sale in accordance with a joint direction by DP World, Seacube Container Leasing Ltd., Seaco Korea Ltd. and Seaco Global (UK) Ltd. or, failing agreement by those parties, in accordance with a further order of this court.
“Michel M.J. Shore”
Judge
Schedule 1:
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Owner
Container Number
1.
Seaco
CXDU2206990
2.
Seaco
CXDU2316853
3.
Seaco
CXRU1616146
4.
Seacube
HJCU1337030
5.
Seaco
HJCU1341236
6.
Seacube
HJCU1356339
7.
Seacube
HJCU1357850
8.
Seaco
HJCU1425980
9.
Seaco
HJCU1429076
10.
Seaco
HJCU1505915
11.
Seaco
HJCU1508215
12.
Seaco
HJCU1508621
13.
Seaco
HJCU1514970
14.
Seaco
HJCU1516329
15.
Seaco
HJCU1521201
16.
Seaco
HJCU1527642
17.
Seaco
HJCU1532510
18.
Seaco
HJCU1536135
19.
Seaco
HJCU1540618
20.
Seaco
HJCU1544969
21.
Seaco
HJCU1550766
22.
Seaco
HJCU1590624
23.
Seaco
HJCU1591744
24.
Seaco
HJCU1915400
25.
Seaco
HJCU1934566
26.
Seaco
HJCU1939911
27.
Seaco
HJCU1939927
28.
Seaco
HJCU1951460
29.
Seaco
HJCU1954330
30.
Seaco
HJCU2102663
31.
Seacube
HJCU4074431
32.
Seacube
HJCU4076584
33.
Seacube
HJCU4078946
34.
Seacube
HJCU4089473
35.
Seacube
HJCU4098665
36.
Seacube
HJCU4116748
37.
Seacube
HJCU4120727
38.
Seaco
HJCU4273304
39.
Seaco
HJCU4273460
40.
Seaco
HJCU4281383
41.
Seacube
HJCU4363840
42.
Seacube
HJCU4373197
43.
Seacube
HJCU4380365
44.
Seacube
HJCU4385032
45.
Seacube
HJCU4388561
46.
Seacube
HJCU4391800
47.
Seacube
HJCU4392242
48.
Seacube
HJCU4401391
49.
Seacube
HJCU4408550
50.
Seaco
HJCU4423636
51.
Seaco
HJCU4424329
52.
Seaco
HJCU4426321
53.
Seaco
HJCU4914542
54.
Seaco
HJCU4919164
55.
Seaco
HJCU4919565
56.
Seaco
HJCU4926780
57.
Seaco
HJCU4928314
58.
Seaco
HJCU4937039
59.
Seaco
HJCU4941532
60.
Seaco
HJCU4964435
61.
Seaco
HJCU4978887
62.
Seaco
HJCU4985314
63.
Seaco
HJCU4988226
64.
Seaco
HJCU4990120
65.
Seaco
HJCU4991214
66.
Seaco
HJCU4991298
67.
Seaco
HJCU6096152
68.
Seacube
HJCU9014219
69.
Seacube
HJCU9015560
70.
Seacube
HJCU9018298
71.
Seacube
HJCU9019479
72.
Seacube
HJCU9020090
73.
Seacube
HJCU9020398
74.
Seacube
HJCU9021141
75.
Seacube
HJCU9021537
76.
Seacube
HJCU9025785
77.
Seacube
HJCU9026117
78.
Seacube
HJCU9028260
79.
Seacube
HJCU9028470
80.
Seacube
HJCU9029796
81.
Seacube
HJCU9032974
82.
Seacube
HJCU9036917
83.
Seacube
HJCU9037153
84.
Seacube
HJCU9038925
85.
Seacube
HJCU9040814
86.
Seacube
HJCU9040943
87.
Seacube
HJCU9041322
88.
Seacube
HJCU9045797
89.
Seacube
HJCU9050134
90.
Seacube
HJCU9050999
91.
Seacube
HJCU9051676
92.
Seacube
HJCU9054464
93.
Seacube
HJCU9057041
94.
Seacube
HJCU9058412
95.
Seacube
HJCU9061397
96.
Seacube
HJCU9062156
97.
Seacube
HJCU9063640
98.
Seacube
HJCU9064457
99.
Seaco
HJCU9900304
100.
Seaco
HJCU9900686
101.
Seaco
HJCU9901065
102.
Seaco
HJCU9901682
103.
Seaco
HJCU9901830
104.
Seaco
HJCU9902966
105.
Seaco
SEGU4963570
106.
Seaco
SEGU5141253
107.
Seacube
SENU4250032
108.
Seacube
SENU4253258
109.
Seacube
SENU4254697
110.
Seacube
SENU4255585
111.
Seacube
SENU4265557
112.
Seacube
SENU4270867
113.
Seacube
SENU4271312
114.
Seacube
SENU4277199
115.
Seacube
SENU4280150
116.
Seacube
SENU4281590
117.
Seacube
SENU4286380
118.
Seacube
SENU4292254
119.
Seacube
SENU4293055
120.
Seacube
SENU5004440
121.
Seacube
SENU5022989
122.
Seacube
SENU5023326
123.
Seacube
SENU5037253
124.
Seacube
SENU5037952
125.
Seacube
SENU5044139
126.
Seacube
SENU5065553
127.
Seacube
SENU5073672