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@Liebherr 9/9 SEA.O.G Offshore LLC v. Gloucester Terminals LLC, No. 1:26-cv-07653 (S.D.N.Y.). Counsel: Bohman Morse, New Orleans.

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Diesel exhaust over calm water. A tug making seven knots. On the barge behind it, a harbor crane’s boom sagging off its cradle, eight bolts sheared.

Now a Texas carrier says a New Jersey terminal owes it $460,541.65. 🧵

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@Liebherr 8/9 The contract says freight is owed “Cargo damaged or not damaged,” unless the carrier caused it. That exception is the whole fight.

Gloucester Terminals hasn’t told its side in anything we reviewed. These are allegations only.

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"8/8 MAVE Shipping & Trading v. Sofon Bulk, No. 4:26-cv-07393 (S.D. Tex.). These are allegations; there’s no ruling on the merits. Full story on The Last Line: https://t.co/tdAskWaR88 #Admiralty #RuleB #Bunkers #Shipping #IntoTheBrig"

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4/8 The bill, per the owner’s managers: $1,080,904.55, after crediting what Sofon had paid. Demanded. Unpaid, the complaint says. No word in it on how much cement stayed in the holds, or why.

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7/8 Under a time charter, the fuel often belongs to the charterer, not the shipowner. For an absent charterer, it can be the only thing left at the dock. No ruling on the attachment in the docket entries we reviewed. No response from Sofon.

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"3/8 The complaint says Sofon left cement aboard.

What followed: cargo removal and storage, pilotage, towage, surveyors, hold cleaning, lost time. The ship was handed back in Houston on Aug 14."

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Cement dust in the holds. Refinery flares along the Houston Ship Channel. A shipowner says it can’t find its charterer in Texas. So it went looking for the charterer’s fuel, in the tanks of another ship. 🧵

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"2/8 The job: one trip, summer 2026. Cement in bulk from Hereke, Turkey, to Houston, on an amended NYPE form. English law. London arbitration. Loading and discharge were Sofon’s job under Clause 8, per the complaint."

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1/8 Sept 3, 2026. S.D. Texas, Houston. MAVE Shipping & Trading, registered owner of the M/V ORFEAS M, sues Sofon Bulk Ltd. Sofon’s registered agent sits in the Marshall Islands. In this district, the complaint says, Sofon can’t be found.

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7/7 Hapag-Lloyd (America) v. Strides Pharma, No. 3:26-cv-12499 (D.N.J.). These are allegations; there’s no ruling on the merits.

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Steel boxes, stacked and numbered. A clock running on every container that sits too long.

@HapagLloydAG’s U.S. agent says Strides Pharma owes $215,180.00. The complaint gives one sentence of facts. 🧵

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6/7 A summons issued the day of filing. No response from Strides on the docket.

Carrier collection suits are a steady current under the maritime docket. Many run quiet. This one surfaced with a case number.