A German logistics company has sued the now-defunct Apply Daily for failing to pay storage fees for 471 rolls of imported newsprint paper that were ordered a month before the Hong Kong tabloid’s abrupt closure in June 2021, with the rolls still sitting in a local warehouse after three years.
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In a writ made available in the High Court on Thursday, German shipping company Hapag-Lloyd Aktiengesellschaft, as well as its subsidiary Hapag-Lloyd (China) Limited, took a civil action against Apple Daily and paper product producer Resolute FP US Inc, saying they were responsible for fees incurred from delayed collection of the paper, shipped in 11 containers, since July 2021.
The plaintiffs claimed the defendants placed the order in May 2021 for 471 rolls of newsprint to be shipped from Montreal, Canada, to the city.
However, Apple Daily announced its closure on June 21, 2021, resulting in the cargo being “uncollected” and remaining in storage at the plaintiff’s warehouse in New Keen Depot in Tsing Yi.
The German company did not mention in the legal document the total amount of claims they were suing for, but listed the fees triggered by the delayed collection, including demurrage, detention, storage, survey, drayage, inspection and others.
