The “Strangest Ship Arrest of the Year” is a fun, anticipated, and friendly competition at our members’ meeting each year. Participants submit the most unusual case they have been involved in during the past year, and the winning case is voted on by attending members. This engaging session is prized with a bottle of Welsh whiskey provided by the chairman, Richard Faint, for extra incentive.

Here is a list of past winners and the available papers of these extraordinary cases.

• Hamburg 2014: George Chalos (Chalos & Co. – New York) instructed by P&I Club to try for a sister ship arrest (not easy in the USA) but went for an “alter ego” application. Strange telephone call at 03:00 led to the involvement of an 85 year old lady and uncovering a large fraud case.
• Dubai 2015: Kelly Yap : “Underwater Arrest”
• Singapore 2016: Abraham Stern : “The Associated Ship Concept“
• St. Petersburg 2017: Alberto Batini : Shipowners’ Liability for Pirates’ Attack “The MV Valle di Cordoba“
• Málaga 2018: Konstantin Krasnokutskiy, Navicus (Russia) : The Strangest Arrest(s) for the Largest Claim
• Malta 2019: Rosie Goncare – Owners with Imagination