Sembawang Salvage Pte Ltd v Shell Todd Oil Services Ltd - [1993] 2 NZLR 97

Admiralty — Maritime lien — Application to set aside writ of summons in rem against cargo laden aboard a salved barge — Cargo had been incorporated into an oil drilling platform outside the jurisdiction but upon the continental shelf — Whether cargo was thereby deprived of its status as cargo — Whether maritime lien extinguished — Whether writ in rem may be issued although res outside jurisdiction — Admiralty Act 1973, ss 2 and 4 - Admiralty Rules 1975, rr 4, 10 and 11 - Continental Shelf Act 1964, s 7.