Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corp (GLDD) has won a favourable judgment in a loss of use claim relating to a ship collision in 2008.

Great Lakes has won its loss of use claim
The case relates to the collision between its 1,490-gt dredger New York (built 1999) and the 43,000-dwt juice carrier Orange Sun (built 2007).

The incident, which took place in the approach channel to Port Newark, left the dredger with heavy damage including a large rupture in her port side.

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