Shanghai Maritime Court Auctioned A Foreign Ship Online
 The ship was sold to a Hong Kong bidder for RMB 16.89 million yuan

Shanghai Maritime Court said January 16 that they had successfully sold a Panamanian ship “MAHONI” for RMB 16.89 million yuan at Taobao auction platform on January 6. On the afternoon of January 13, the ship was released and delivered to the Hong Kong buyer.

According to Shanghai Maritime Court, “MAHONI” is the first ship sold through an online auction by Shanghai Maritime Court in the year of 2017 and also the first foreign ship sold through an online auction in China.

“MAHONI”, a Panamanian bulk ship of 16,498 gross tonnages, is owned by PT Meranti Maritime of Indonesia who is subjected to the judgment enforcement. On May 2016, 31 Filipino crew members of “MAHONI” made a pretrial property preservation application to Shanghai Maritime Court for arresting the ship which was berthed in Shanghai, as the owner defaulted their wages for 18 months. After the court judgment became effective, PT Meranti Maritime refused to perform their obligation of payment. The 31 Filipino crew members then applied to the court for auctioning “MAHONI”.