The stakes have escalated in the legal clash over the MSC Flaminia casualty, with cargo interest claims now totalling around $100m, legal records show.

The legal onslaught in the combined New York federal lawsuits over the explosion and fire that hobbled the Mediterranean Shipping Co (MSC) chartered containership has now also come full circle as the liner operator and manager, NSB Niederelbe, trade claims against each other.

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