THE OWNERS OF THE SHIP "KAPITAN SHVETSOV" v THE OWNERS AND/OR DEMISE CHARTERERS OF THE SHIP "NANTA BHUM"

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1. Late at night on 16 January 1996 two ships collided in the dredged channel of the Chao Phraya River in Thailand. One was the "Kapitan Shvetsov", Russian owned, outward-bound from Bangkok, going down-stream. The other was the "Nanta Bhum", Singaporean owned, going up-stream towards Bangkok.