Sonact Group Ltd.

Sonact Group Ltd., a Montréal, Québec-based company, was adjudged bankrupt on January 5, on application by Premuda SPA, an Italian maritime freight transportation business. In 2015, Premuda obtained an arbitration award and costs in the UK against the company for demurrage and heating costs which had accrued under a charterparty in connection with Premuda's charter of a vessel to the company to carry a cargo of fuel oil from Kavkaz to Nakhodka, Russia. Following an unsuccessful appeal, the company owed approximately $1.25 million to Premuda. After making various unsuccessful demands for payment and attempting to enforce the arbitration award and costs awards, Premuda brought a bankruptcy application. MNP is the bankruptcy trustee. Counsel is Clyde & Cie Canada for Premuda.