The Samco Europe after bow to bow contact with the MSC Prestige.





The owner of a containership that was 60% responsible for a collision with a laden VLCC that caused more than $50m of damage is facing further costs.

London high court judge Justice Teare had ruled that parties associated with the 6,350-teu MSC Prestige (built 2006) should bear a higher proportion of the legal costs because they failed to accept a offer a settlement offer from lawyers acting for the 317,000-dwt VLCC Samco