Matson has filed another lawsuit in its years-long battle to knock APL ships competing in the Guam trade out of a government stipend programme.

The Hawaiian containership owner has filed the case against the US Department of Transportation and its Maritime Administration (MarAd) in Washington DC federal district court.

The company is requesting that the court strike the 1,713-teu CMA CGM Herodote (built 2007) from the Maritime Security Program (MSP).