two、Ship finance leasing case

two、Ship finance leasing case 2、Ship Financial Leasing Case [Case Introduction] The ship involved in the case "Haohang 188" (hereinafter referred to as the "ship involved") was leased by Huarong Financial Leasing Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Huarong Leasing") to Fuzhou Haohang Shipping Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Fuzhou Haohang") in the form of financial lease，The registered owner of this round is Huarong Leasing，The registered bareboat charterer is Fuzhou Haohang。

Because Fuzhou Haohang owed the applicant the fuel supply payment for the ship involved in the case，The applicant filed a lawsuit with Xiamen Maritime Court，The court ruled that Fuzhou Haohang should compensate the applicant for the principal and interest of the fuel payment it owed to the applicant.。 [Court Judgment] Ningbo Maritime Court announced the auction of the ship involved in the case，申请人向宁波海事法院申请债权登记，

Require

在涉案船舶拍卖款项中受偿福州浩航欠付的供油款等

cost

。

The court held that：虽然《最高人民法院关于扣押与拍卖船舶适用法律若干问题的规定》第三条规定，船舶因光船承租人对海事请求负有责任而被扣押的，The maritime claimant relied on the provisions of Article 29 of the Special Maritime Litigation Procedure Law，Applying to auction a ship to pay off debts incurred by the bareboat charterer from operating the ship，The maritime court should allow；But ship finance leasing is essentially a financing service provided by the lessor to the lessee.，Although the financing ship is registered as the owner by the lessor,、The lessee registers as a light lessor，但与海商法规定的光船租赁合同的法律性质不同，不应适用《最高人民法院关于扣押与拍卖船舶适用法律若干问题的规定》第三条的规定，故申请人不享有在涉案船舶拍卖款中受偿的权利。

To sum up，法院对申请人

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在涉案船舶拍卖款中受偿供油款及相关

cost

的请求不予支持。 [Case Analysis] The main issues involved in this case are，In ship finance leasing，The lessee incurred debts due to operating the ship，Can the maritime claimant be compensated from the ship auction proceeds?。 The court rejected the applicant’s request on the basis that，The legal nature of ship finance lease and bareboat charter is different，Article 3 of the "Ship Arrest Regulations" does not apply。

The author thinks，法院虽作出有利于融资租赁公司的裁定，但是没有对裁定理由进行充分论述。

actually，本案涉及一个核心问题，即《扣船规定》第三条是否应适用于融资租赁，In this regard，笔者结合海事相关法律、Administrative regulations、司法解释及国际公约，对本案涉及的法律问题简要评析如下：

1. 《扣船规定》第三条是否应当适用于船舶融资租赁
2. 融资租赁公司面临的风险和防范措施 因此，融资租赁公司在进行船舶融资租赁业务时需要预估到存在船舶被扣押和拍卖的风险，采取谨慎设计交易结构、在船舶融资租赁合同中明确各方责任、

Require

Lessee provides guarantee and other risk control measures，Protect the interests of financial leasing companies。

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