On October 2nd, 2021, with assistance of Shenzhen Tribunal, Zhanjiang Tribunal of GZMC had completed the mission of releasing M/V CSSC YUAN JING during the National Day’s holiday.

In the evening of September 28th, Qingdao Bohai Agricultural Development Co., Ltd, stating itself as the holder of original bill of lading, suffering severe damage to and shortage of soybean cargo, applied for the arrest of M/V CSSC YUAN JING and requested the shipowner or the bareboat charterer of the ship to provide 65 million CNY as security. After careful examination, Judge Deng Feifei and Clerk Li Boman of Zhanjiang Tribunal filed the case immediately and finished related paperwork on the same day night. Early in the next morning, Deng and Clerk Zheng Liping notified maritime safety administration, immigration inspection, and marine shipping agency. In the evening of September 30th, the maritime claimant submitted another application for decreasing the amount of security to 30 million CNY. The request had been approved by Zhanjiang Tribunal and the ruling was sent to the claimant and respondent on the very same day night.

On October 1st, the respondent notified Judge Deng it would like to provide security, with the type being guarantee issued by Ping An Insurance company, Shenzhen branch. In order to shorten the guarantee mailing time and to speed up the ship’s release, Deng suggested the respondent to submit the original guarantee files to Shenzhen Tribunal for review. On October 2nd, Judge Lin Yiyi of Shenzhen Tribunal, received the orginal guarantee from the insurer, sent through express mailing from the third party. Lin did an inquiry into the insurance company’s mailing process which included ordering, sending the file and delivery. In order to ensure the source and authenticity of the guarantee, writing notes from the delivery man and video record from the transactor of the insurance company were also gathered as evidence. After confirming GZMC had received the original guarantee, Zhanjiang Tribunal rendered a ruling to release the ship immediately.