GP Global's tanker seized in India over loan dispute: document | Reuters:
An Indian court has ordered the seizure of a tanker belonging to Dubai-based oil trading firm GP Global after a petition from UAE lender National Bank of Fujairah over a loan default, a court document showed.
The Gujarat High Court directed the authorities of Pipavav Port on Sept. 9 to seize the company’s bunkering tanker, GP B3, and detain it until a further court order or until the outstanding loan amount of just over $2 million is paid, a court document seen by Reuters shows. The next hearing is on Sept. 17.
GP Global said last month it had appointed restructuring experts after failing to reach a deal with its lenders over debt restructuring. It said in July an internal investigation had uncovered fraud within the company and led to criminal complaints against some of its employees.
In the legal challenge in India, lawyers for National Bank of Fujairah (NBF) told the court the company had borrowed $11.05 million from the bank in 2015 and mortgaged the seized vessel as well as two other tankers, the GP B2 and GP Asphalt III.
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