Geden Lines has hiked its damages estimate by $4m in a legal battle over a 2013 collision between a bulker and a tanker.

The Turkish owner now estimates that its damages will come in at $7.5m plus interest and other costs.

When the company first filed a lawsuit in the federal court in Galveston, Texas, it was seeking at least $3.5m from an affiliate of Japanese shipowner Shoei Kisen and Hong Kong’s Northstar Ship Management.

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