A Singapore shipowner will now have to pay the bulk of a compensation claim arising from a 2013 collision in South Korea after it failed to have the claim against it struck out at the High Court in London.

Golden Lucky, which owns the 44,000-dwt chemical carrier Maritime Maisie (built 2003), had sought to wipe out a $31.2m claim from Gravity Maritime, the owner of the 7,500-ceu car carrier Gravity Highway (built 2014).