Saturday, December 15, 2012

Sorry Singer: An International Tribunal Has Ruled On Whether Or Not Argentina Can Get Its Naval Vessel Back




BusinessInsider’s Linette Lopez writes:  The International Tribunal of the Sea in Hamburg has ruled that Ghana must return Argentina's naval vessel, the ARA Libertad, immediately MercoPress reports.

The boat has been impounded since October 2nd, when hedge fund manager Paul Singer got a Ghanaian Court to rule that the boat be detained because of Argentina's outstanding debt to him, and a number of other hedge fund managers. A bail was set for $20 million.

Argentina filed suit with the International Tribunal of the Sea to get their vessel back in mid November. The Court said that it would decide on the matter by December 15th, and Judge Shunji Jenai's ruling was firm (from MercoPress):

“Ghana must release with no conditions the frigate, guaranteeing that the vessel, its captain and the crew can leave the port of Tema and ensuring their provision” said the unanimous ruling…...

Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/tribunal-says-return-argentina-vessel-2012-12

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