The Quebec company alleges that its cargo suffered a CAD 2.6m ($1.98m) loss in value, and its lawsuit seeks interest and other costs from the subsidiary of Danish shipping giant AP Moller-Maersk.

Synagri’s lawyers allege that Maersk’s 16,700-dwt chemical tanker Bro Agnes (built 2008) loaded a cargo of liquid ammonium polyphosphate solution at Silla- mae, northeast Estonia, in October, according to court papers obtained by TradeWinds.