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High Court Strikes Out Writs Against PDZ for Unpaid Bunker Bills
Kuala Lumpur's High Court has struck out three writs filed against PDZ Holdings Bhd related to alleged non-payment for bunkers supplied to the PDZ Mewah, Malaysian media reports.
As Ship & Bunker reported in January, Dan-Bunkering (Singapore) Pte Ltd (Dan-Bunkering) served a warrant of arrest on PDZ Mewah for the alleged unpaid bunker bills.
According to a Bursa Malaysia statement at the time, claims against the vessel included $484,119.00 plus $108,689.74 in interest by Dan-Bunkering, RM51,890.61 ($11662.12) by CCK Petroleum Sdn Bhd (CCK Petroleum), $240,422.88 by CCK Capital Ltd (CCK Capital), and $128,571.49 by CCK Petroleum (Labuan) Limited (CCK Petroleum Labuan).
In February, PDZ said that it had a "strong arguable case" against the vessel arrest.
The three writs that have now been struck out were filed by CCK Petroleum, CCK Capital, and CCK Petroleum Labuan.
In a statement to Bursa Malaysia following this week's development, PDZ noted that costs of RM5,000 ($1182.73) were also awarded.
"Further announcements will be made as and when there are material developments on the above matter," said PDZ.
