Owner of the vessel(s) NAVIGATOR ARIES (IMO No. 9403762) v Owner of the vessel(s) LEO PERDANA (IMO No. 9363390)

Q: Which legislation does [2023] SGCA 20 consider?

The judgment refers to The COLREGS have been incorporated as the collision regulations for the purposes of the Merchant Shipping Act (Cap 179). The statutes cited are listed in full on this page, each linking to its primary text.

[2023] SGCA 20 Court of Appeal 7 July 2023 CA/CA 45/2022 78 min read

8 cases cited (4 SG, 4 foreign) Cited by 1 case

Outcome

Appeal allowed

we allow the appeal and find both parties equally to blame for the collision.

Source: [2023] SGCA 20, Court of Appeal, decided 7 July 2023. Read directly from the judgment.

Key facts

Court	Court of Appeal
Decided	7 July 2023
Judges	Belinda Ang Saw Ean, Judith Prakash, Steven Chong
Charges / claim	Admiralty and Shipping
Outcome	Appeal allowed
Counsel	Goush Marikan Law Practice, Marican & Associates, Resource Law LLC, Choi Yee Hang Ian, Jonathan Lim Shi Cao, Mohamed Goush s/o Marikan, Mohd Munir Marican, Seah Lee Guan Collin

Source: [2023] SGCA 20, Court of Appeal, decided 7 July 2023 — eLitigation. Updated 10 July 2026.

Catchwords

Admiralty and Shipping — Collision

Practice Areas

Admiralty and Shipping

Judges (3)

Belinda Ang Saw Ean Coram Judith Prakash Coram Steven Chong Delivered

Counsel (8)

Goush Marikan Law Practice Firm Marican & Associates Firm Resource Law LLC Firm Choi Yee Hang Ian Counsel Appellant Jonathan Lim Shi Cao Counsel Appellant Mohamed Goush s/o Marikan Counsel Respondent Mohd Munir Marican Counsel Respondent Seah Lee Guan Collin Counsel Appellant

Parties (2)

Owner of the vessel “LEO PERDANA” Respondent Owner of the vessel “NAVIGATOR ARIES” Appellant

Case Significance

The "Navigator Aries" [2023] SGCA 20 is a reserved judgment of the Court of Appeal, delivered on 7 July 2023 in Civil Appeal No 45 of 2022, with Steven Chong JCA delivering the judgment of the court sitting with Judith Prakash JCA and Belinda Ang Saw Ean JCA. The appeal concerned a collision in the Surabaya Strait, Indonesia, between two vessels travelling on reciprocal courses just before midnight on 28 June 2015. The appellant's vessel, the Navigator Aries, was a liquefied petroleum gas tanker with a gross registered tonnage of 18,311mt, while the respondent's vessel, the Leo Perdana, was a container vessel of 27,104mt gross registered tonnage; the impact left both vessels badly damaged, with a fire breaking out on the Navigator Aries.

[2023] SGCA 20 explained

Owner of the vessel(s) NAVIGATOR ARIES (IMO No. 9403762) v Owner of the vessel(s) LEO PERDANA (IMO No. 9363390) ([2023] SGCA 20) is a Singapore judgment decided by the Court of Appeal on 7 July 2023. It is categorised under Admiralty and Shipping. Within this corpus it has since been cited by 1 other reported Singapore judgment, a measure of how often later decisions have referred to it. This page summarises what the reported decision covers and links the primary sources — the full judgment, the statutes it cites, and the other cases it engages with — so the decision can be read in context. It is reference information, not legal advice, and it does not state the outcome or any holding beyond what the official judgment records.

What is [2023] SGCA 20 about?

Owner of the vessel(s) NAVIGATOR ARIES (IMO No. 9403762) v Owner of the vessel(s) LEO PERDANA (IMO No. 9363390) ([2023] SGCA 20) is a Court of Appeal decision from 2023. Its published catchwords are “Admiralty and Shipping — Collision”, which indicate the subject matter the judgment addresses. The full reasoning and orders are in the judgment itself, linked below.

Which legislation does [2023] SGCA 20 consider?

The judgment refers to The COLREGS have been incorporated as the collision regulations for the purposes of the Merchant Shipping Act (Cap 179). The statutes cited are listed in full on this page, each linking to its primary text.

How influential is [2023] SGCA 20?

Within this corpus, [2023] SGCA 20 has been cited by 1 later reported Singapore judgment. That count reflects references from other decisions held in this corpus only and is a conservative lower bound on how often the case has actually been cited.

What was The "Navigator Aries" [2023] SGCA 20 about?

It was a Court of Appeal collision case, decided on 7 July 2023 with Steven Chong JCA delivering the judgment, arising from a collision in the Surabaya Strait, Indonesia, just before midnight on 28 June 2015 between the LPG tanker Navigator Aries and the container vessel Leo Perdana.

What vessels were involved in the collision in [2023] SGCA 20?

The appellant's vessel, the Navigator Aries, was a liquefied petroleum gas tanker with a gross registered tonnage of 18,311mt, and the respondent's vessel, the Leo Perdana, was a container vessel of 27,104mt gross registered tonnage; a fire broke out on the Navigator Aries after impact.