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Inter-Pacific Group, Inter-Pacific Petroleum to hold creditors’ meet

The first creditors’ meeting organised by Deloitte & Touche LLP will take place on 14 November in Singapore.

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Troubled oil trading and bunkering firms Inter-Pacific Group, and subsidiary Inter-Pacific Petroleum, will be holding its first creditors’ meeting on 14 November in Singapore, according to a notice posted on a Singapore paper on Friday (1 November).

The meeting for both companies will be held at 4pm in Shenton Way, OUE Downtown 2, #3-00 Singapore 068809.

Those voting at the meeting must submit their proof of claim by 5pm on 11 November, 2019.

The administrators of the meeting are Andrew Grimmett and Lim Loo Khoon of Deloitte & Touche LLP.

Inter-Pacific Group, with nearly $180 million of debt, on 16 August filed an application for interim judicial management at the High Court of the Republic of Singapore.

The bunker craft operator licence of Inter-Pacific Petroleum was revoked by the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) on 15 October.

Trials involving the former bunker clerk of a Singapore-registered bunker tanker (IMO 9199701) chartered by IPP are ongoing at the State Courts of Singapore; the ex-assistant boson of the same vessel was found guilty over mass flowmeter tampering in late August.

Manifold Times in October reported the Director of IPP facing a legal suit from the Singapore branch of Societe Generale at the High Court of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.

A timeline organised list of events preceding the current development have been recorded by Manifold Times below:

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RelatedMagnets on MFMs: “Consort Justice” crew pleads ‘not guilty’ to tampering charge
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RelatedSingapore: Bunker Cargo officer, crew face charges over alleged MFM tampering

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Published: 5 November, 2019

 

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Intended dividend notice issued for defunct Singapore bunker supplier Inter-Pacific Petroleum

Creditors of the companies will have to submit proof of debt to the liquidators of Inter-Pacific Petroleum Pte Ltd by 6 July, according to Government Gazette notice.

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Intended dividend notice issued for defunct Singapore bunker supplier Inter-Pacific Petroleum

A notice to declare the intended dividend of defunct Singapore bunker supplier Inter-Pacific Petroleum Pte. Ltd. to its creditors has been posted on the Government Gazette on Monday (22 June).

Name of Company : Inter-Pacific Petroleum Pte. Ltd. (In Compulsory Liquidation)
Unique Entity No./ Registration No. : 201115209N
Address of Registered Office : c/o 6 Shenton Way, OUE Downtown 2 #33-00, Singapore 068809
Court : The High Court of the Republic of Singapore
Number of Matter : Companies Winding Up No.: HC/CWU 37/2021
Last Day for Receiving Proofs : 6th day of July 2026
Name of Liquidators : Tan Wei Cheong and Lim Loo Khoon, Joint and Several Liquidators
Address of Liquidators : c/o 6 Shenton Way, OUE Downtown 2 #33-00, Singapore 06880

Manifold Times previously reported the Appellate Division of Singapore’s High Court finding a former Director of Inter-Pacific Petroleum (IPP) not liable to pay up to USD 146 million of the company’s total USD 156 million loss. 

The decision sets aside an earlier decision by the High Court that found Dr Goh Jin Hian responsible for the company’s financial loss. 

The Appellate Division of the High Court found that even though it agreed that Dr Goh had breached his duty of care as a director, IPP has failed to show that his breach caused loss to the company.

Lester Ho, Associate Director of multi-disciplinary law firm Helmsman LLC previously shared his timely key takeaways on the case of Dr Goh v Inter-Pacific Petroleum when the Appellate Division of the High Court in Singapore overturned the High Court’s finding that Mr Goh’s breach had caused IPP to incur the losses. 

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Related: Magnets on MFMs: Trial starts for former bunker clerk of “Consort Justice
Related: First suspect charged over MFM tampering in landmark case
Related: With nearly $180 million of debt, IPP proposes interim judicial management
Related: Inter-Pacific Group, Inter-Pacific Petroleum under judicial management
Related: Magnets on MFMs: “Consort Justice” crew pleads ‘not guilty’ to tampering charge
Related: IPP responds to temporary suspension of bunker craft operator licence
Related: MPA temporarily suspends IPP bunker craft operator licence
Related: Singapore: Bunker Cargo officer, crew face charges over alleged MFM tampering

 

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Published: 22 June, 2026

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Singapore: Creditors’ meeting scheduled for Coastal Logistics Pte Ltd

Director of Heng Tong Fuels & Shipping and Coastal Logistics previously filed statutory declarations for both companies stating the firms cannot continue their businesses due to liabilities.

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The creditors’ meeting of Coastal Logistics Pte Ltd, has been scheduled to be held on 14 July, according to a Monday (22 June) notice posted on the Government Gazette.

The meeting for creditors of the company will be held at One Raffles Quay, #27-10 South Tower, Singapore 048583 and by electronic means at 3:30 pm (Singapore time). 

Manifold Times previously reported Nicholas James Gronow, director of Heng Tong Fuels & Shipping and Coastal Logistics, filed statutory declarations for both companies stating the firms cannot continue their businesses due to liabilities.

Both companies were reportedly affiliated with troubled Singapore bunker player Coastal Oil (Singapore) Pte Ltd. 

In 2019, several vessels owned by both firms entered the sale & purchase (S&P) market in Singapore. 

The agenda of the meeting is:

  • receiving a statement of the Company’s affairs together with a list of creditors and the estimated amounts of their claims;
  • confirming the appointment of Mr. Wong Pheng Cheong Martin and Ms. Koay May Yee, both care of FTI Consulting (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., One Raffles Quay, #27-10 South Tower, Singapore 048583 to act as the joint and several Liquidators of the Company for the purpose of such winding up;
  • resolving that the Liquidators be at liberty to open, maintain and operate any bank account(s) or account(s) for monies received by them as Liquidators with such bank(s) as they deem fit;
  • appointing a committee of inspection of not more than 5 members, if thought fit; and
  • any other business.

Notes:

  1. Creditors may only attend and vote at this meeting by submitting the General Proxy or Special Proxy form (together with the proof of debt form) and including the details of the attendees to FTI Consulting (Singapore) Pte Ltd, via email at [email protected] by 13 July 2026, 4:00 pm (Singapore Time).
  2. A creditor may appoint a proxy to attend and vote at the meeting. A Special Proxy Form must be duly completed and lodged at FTI Consulting (Singapore) Pte Ltd via email at [email protected] by 13 July 2026, 4:00 pm (Singapore Time).
  3. Creditors may send any questions or other substantial and relevant matters which the creditors wish to raise at the meeting by way of email to the above email address by 13 July 2026.

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Related: Singapore: Bunker tanker “Coastal Neptune” arrested
Related: Heng Tong Fuels & Shipping, Coastal Logistics tankers enter S&P market

 

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Published: 23 June, 2026

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Singapore: United Ocean Ship Management Pte Ltd to be wound up voluntarily

A liquidator has been appointed at an extraordinary general meeting held on 12 June for the purpose of winding up company’s affair, according to Government Gazette notice.

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Several resolutions for United Ocean Ship Management Pte Ltd were made during an extraordinary meeting held on 12 June, according to a post in the Government Gazette on Friday (19 June).

According to the company’s website, United Ocean Ship Management was founded in 2012 in Singapore and specialises in ship management services. The company manages a fleet of Floating Storage Tankers (FSUs) in Singapore, Malaysian, and Indonesian waters, currently comprising nine ULCC/VLCC/FSUs.

The duly passed resolutions were:

AS SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS

  • That the Company be wound up voluntarily pursuant to Section 160(1) of the Insolvency, Restructuring and Dissolution Act 2018 (the “Act”)
  • That the Liquidator be and is hereby authorised to exercise any or all of the powers given by Section 144 (1)(b), (c), (d), (e), (f) and (g) and 144 (2) of the Act.
  • That the Liquidator be authorised to distribute either in cash or in specie any part or all of the surplus assets of the Company to the contributories.

AS ORDINARY RESOLUTIONS

  • That Ms. Muk Siew Peng of c/o ClearView Associates Pte Ltd 133 New Bridge Road #08-01 Chinatown Point Singapore 059413 be and hereby appointed as Liquidator for the purpose of winding up the affairs of the Company.
  • That the renumeration and winding up disbursements of the Liquidator be fixed on a time basis at the rates normally charged by such an assignment.
  • That the Liquidator be authorized to destroy all the books and records/papers of the Company and of the Liquidator five years after the date of dissolution of the Company pursuant to Section 195(2) of the Act.

In another notice, the liquidators of United Ocean Ship Management said creditors for the company are required on or before the 20 July to send in their names and addresses and particulars of their debts or claims, and the names and addresses of their solicitors (if any) to the liquidators. 

Liquidators may also require creditors to, “come in and prove their debts or claims at such time and place as shall be specified in such notice, or in default thereof they will be excluded from the benefit of any distribution made before such debts are proved.”

The liquidators can be contacted at the following address:

Muk Siew Peng
Liquidator
c/o ClearView Associates Pte Ltd
133 New Bridge Road
#08-01 Chinatown Point
Singapore 059413

 

Photo credit: Drew Beamer
Published: 22 June, 2026

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