Hyundai Merchant Marine (HMM) is pursuing a lawsuit against Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) in New York, which has developed into the US front of the legal battle over the MOL Comfort casualty.

The South Korean liner operator is alleging that the yard group’s gross negligence was behind the high-profile incident, according to legal records obtained by TradeWinds. It is seeking at least $22.3m