Shanghai Waterborne "One-Stop" Dispute Resolution Center (Yangpu Sub-Center) successfully mediates a ship reimbursement dispute worth 160,000 yuan.

Recently, the Shanghai Waterway "One-Stop" Dispute Resolution Center (Yangpu Branch) fully utilized its platform as a hub and successfully mediated a seafarer personal injury compensation dispute involving an amount of 160,000 yuan, which had been ongoing for more than two years. After successful mediation and judicial confirmation, the payment was immediately executed, achieving the fulfillment of the agreement on the spot. This ensured that mediation, confirmation, and fulfillment were completed in one step, effectively avoiding the risks of litigation, petition, and mass incidents.

In 2024, two ships caused a crew member to fall into the water and get injured during berthing. After the accident, the parties involved reached a private settlement and agreed on the responsibility ratio. However, after one party advanced all related expenses to the injured crew member, the other party failed to fulfill their compensation obligations. When subsequent recovery efforts were initiated, the two parties could not agree on the compensation amount, and there was a risk of the dispute escalating. Relying on the Dispute Resolution Center platform, the Yangpu Maritime Bureau played a leading role in maritime affairs, coordinating resources such as people’s mediation, judicial assistance, and Party-building efforts to implement a comprehensive multi-faceted resolution approach.

The Dispute Resolution Center fully leveraged the Pujiang Crew Party Branch to engage in ideological counseling. Making use of the Party branch's proximity to the crew and familiarity with the shipping industry, mediators worked through local “intermediaries” to ease tensions between the parties and remove emotional barriers to mediation. Simultaneously, the Yangpu District Maritime Dispute People’s Mediation Committee was brought in to assist, with mediators working separately to mitigate tensions and coordinate with multiple stakeholders to distribute the compensation pressure, reducing the one-time financial burden on the shipping company and promoting consensus for mediation among all parties. The center collaborated with its partner organization, the Shanghai Maritime Court, to prepare for judicial confirmation. After a mediation agreement was reached, the court legally confirmed it and granted the agreement binding enforcement power. Leveraging the platform's fund collection mechanism, trigger conditions for execution were set to prevent fund misappropriation or default risks. After several rounds of on-site consultations and negotiations, the parties reached a plan based on shared responsibilities and risk distribution. They jointly applied for judicial confirmation, and once confirmed, the funds were immediately disbursed on-site, effectively resolving a dispute that had been pending for over two years.

This case embodies the people-centered development philosophy and serves as a vibrant practice of the new era’s "Maritime 'Fengqiao Experience'" in the maritime domain. The Pujiang Crew Party Branch is Shanghai's first grassroots crew Party branch to establish organizational ties with local authorities. In handling disputes, it has effectively harnessed the power of Party-building to resolve conflicts. The Dispute Resolution Center integrates resources from Party-building initiatives, people’s mediation, and judicial collaboration, creating a closed-loop process that combines "administrative mediation + people’s mediation + judicial confirmation." This approach addresses the persistent challenge of enforcing mediated settlements in waterway disputes. It promotes the deep integration of maritime administration, people’s mediation, and judicial resources, forming the Yangpu model of "Party-building + Maritime Dispute Resolution." This provides a replicable framework for resolving similar maritime disputes, helping to maintain navigational order in the jurisdiction and optimize the operational environment for the shipping industry. Moving forward, the center will continue to improve its multi-party collaboration mechanism for dispute resolution, enhance its ability to resolve conflicts at their source, and strive to achieve the governance objective of "no escalation of conflicts and no disputes leaving the waterways."