A legal skirmish between a leading Greek shipping clan and a Mexican port operator has ignited in Houston.
Restis-controlled Enterprises Shipping & Trading and the 26,300-dwt African Lion(built 1995) have emerged as the targets in a campaign to claw back cash to cover a hydraulic grab damaged during discharge operations in Veracruz nearly a year ago.
Servicios Especiales Portuarios claims its equipment was crushed when one of the vessel’s cranes toppled while lifting pig iron from a cargo hold and believes the failure was due to lack of lubrication on a rotating bearing.
