Unitholder queries Rickmers Trust vessel management fee hike
Singapore
THE terms of Rickmers Trust's vessel management contract have come under scrutiny. An activist unitholder is challenging the basis of an annual increment that drains cash amid a protracted industry downcycle.
The business trust posted a 2 per cent hike in first-quarter vessel operating expenses to US$9.74 million, fed by among others, the same quantum of increase in the contracted vessel management fee with its affiliate Rickmers Ship Management. The increase came into effe…
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