Vista Shipping has suffered another blow in a US court battle, with a judge rejecting the Ukrainian shipowner’s efforts to release a combination carrier (OBO) from a seizure order.

District Judge Robert Doumar, of the federal court in Norfolk, Virginia, has ruled that allegations by Singapore operator Glory Wealth Shipping and Swiss coal trader Flame are strong enough to support the attachment of the 169,000-dwt Cape Viewer (built 1995), even if they do not fully prove an alleged link with Industrial Carriers Inc (ICI), which collapsed in 2008 leaving behind large legal claims.

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