A northern New Jersey chemical company is accusing the crew of a Greek-owned bulker of disobeying terminal rules and taking it out of commission for weeks last year.

AdvanSix filed a $1.5m lawsuit in Norfolk, Virginia federal court Tuesday, alleging the 26,000-dwt Amazon (built 1997) damaged the pier at its Hopewell, Virginia terminal last June while loading ammonium sulfate destined for west Africa.