COSCO Shipping Specialized Carriers Co., Ltd. v PT OKI PULP & PAPER MILLS & 2 Ors

[2025] SGHC 87 High Court (General Division) 9 May 2025 HC/ADM 50/2022 ( HC/SUM 2914/2024,HC/SUM 2712/2024,HC/SUM 3059/2024 ) 72 min read
31 cases cited (28 SG, 3 foreign)

Outcome

Application dismissed

I dismiss the application in so far as it prays for the ASI to be “discharged, revoked, or set aside”.

Source: [2025] SGHC 87, High Court (General Division), decided 9 May 2025. Read directly from the judgment.

Key facts

Court High Court (General Division)
Decided
Judge S Mohan
Charges / claim Civil Procedure
Outcome Application dismissed
Counsel Clasis LLC, Providence Law Asia LLC, Rajah & Tann Singapore LLP, Abraham S Vergis, Axl Rizqy, Dawn Tan Si Jie, Dedi Affandi bin Ahmad, Hazel Cheah Kam Ying, Leong Lu Yuan, Mohammad Salihin Bin Mohd Zahrin, Toh Kian Sing, Wu Muyu

Source: [2025] SGHC 87, High Court (General Division), decided — eLitigation. Updated .

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Judges (1)

Counsel (12)

Parties (3)

Case Significance

[2025] SGHC 87 is a High Court (General Division) decision dated 9 May 2025 concerning Civil Procedure, specifically addressing injunctions and judgments and orders. The judgment was delivered by S Mohan. The case was brought by COSCO Shipping Specialized Carriers Co, Ltd (plaintiff) against COSCO Shipping Specialized Carriers (Europe) B. V. and others (defendant). Legal representation was provided by Rajah & Tann Singapore LLP and Clasis LLC. The judgment cites 31 cases (28 Singapore, 3 foreign) and references 5 statutory provisions, including the Arbitration Act, the Civil Law Act, and the International Arbitration Act.

[2025] SGHC 87 explained

COSCO Shipping Specialized Carriers Co., Ltd. v PT OKI PULP & PAPER MILLS & 2 Ors ([2025] SGHC 87) is a Singapore judgment decided by the High Court (General Division) on 9 May 2025. It is categorised under Civil Procedure. It is a recent decision; within this corpus no later judgment has cited it yet. 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 [2025] SGHC 87 about?

COSCO Shipping Specialized Carriers Co., Ltd. v PT OKI PULP & PAPER MILLS & 2 Ors ([2025] SGHC 87) is a High Court (General Division) decision from 2025. Its published catchwords are “Civil Procedure — Injunctions — Discharge”, “Civil Procedure — Injunctions — Variation”, and “Civil Procedure — Judgments and orders”, which indicate the subject matter the judgment addresses. The full reasoning and orders are in the judgment itself, linked below.

Which legislation does [2025] SGHC 87 consider?

The judgment refers to Arbitration Act (Cap 10), Civil Law Act (Cap 43), International Arbitration Act (Cap 143A), and International Arbitration Act (Cap 10), among other provisions. The statutes cited are listed in full on this page, each linking to its primary text.

What earlier Singapore cases does [2025] SGHC 87 cite?

Among the in-corpus authorities it refers to are [2024] SGHC 273, [2024] SGHC 184, and [2024] SGHC 92, and 1 more. The complete list of cases cited, and of later cases that cite this decision, is shown on this page.

Summary

COSCO sought to enforce an anti-suit injunction issued by the Court of Appeal against OKI, which had continued prosecuting Indonesian proceedings despite the injunction. The court varied the anti-suit injunction prospectively to clarify its scope, conditioned on COSCO waiving time-bar objections in the SIAC arbitration, while separately staying a contempt application pending the variation taking effect.

What was decided in [2025] SGHC 87?

[2025] SGHC 87 (COSCO Shipping Specialized Carriers Co., Ltd. v PT OKI PULP & PAPER MILLS & 2 Ors) is a High Court (General Division) decision from 9 May 2025 addressing Civil Procedure, specifically injunctions and judgments and orders. The judgment was delivered by S Mohan.

Who were the parties in COSCO Shipping Specialized Carriers Co., Ltd. v PT OKI PULP & PAPER MILLS & 2 Ors ([2025] SGHC 87)?

The plaintiff in [2025] SGHC 87 was COSCO Shipping Specialized Carriers Co, Ltd, and the defendant was COSCO Shipping Specialized Carriers (Europe) B. V., PT OKI Pulp & Paper Mills. Legal representation included Providence Law Asia LLC and Clasis LLC. The case was decided on 9 May 2025 in the High Court (General Division).

Which judge decided [2025] SGHC 87?

[2025] SGHC 87 was delivered by S Mohan in the High Court (General Division) on 9 May 2025. The case concerned Civil Procedure.

What cases and statutes does [2025] SGHC 87 cite?

[2025] SGHC 87 cites 31 prior decisions, including 3 from foreign jurisdictions. It references Arbitration Act, Civil Law Act, International Arbitration Act.

Statutes Cited

Cases Cited (31)

SLR (23)
[1997] 3 SLR(R) 360 [1997] 3 SLR(R) 829 [2004] 2 SLR(R) 505 [2005] 3 SLR(R) 60 [2006] 2 SLR(R) 565 [2007] 2 SLR(R) 518 [2008] 4 SLR(R) 272 [2008] 4 SLR(R) 984 [2008] 4 SLR(R) 994 [2009] 4 SLR(R) 33 [2010] 1 SLR 1026 [2011] 2 SLR 96 [2014] 1 SLR 52 [2014] 3 SLR 357 [2014] 3 SLR 524 [2016] 1 SLR 1096 [2019] 1 SLR 732 [2021] 2 SLR 1113 [2022] 1 SLR 413 [2022] 5 SLR 368 [2024] 2 SLR 516 [2024] 3 SLR 807 [2024] 4 SLR 674
UK (3)
[1950] 2 All ER 1118 [2000] 1 WLR 1443 [2024] 2 All ER 263

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Source: eLitigation ([2025] SGHC 87)