The former Heidmar VLCC pool is chasing a Connecticut charterer for an eight-figure unpaid bill.

Seawolf Tankers filed a lawsuit in a federal court in New York last week seeking $12.8m from Stamford-based Laurel Shipping.

The tanker pool said Laurel chartered the 306,397-dwt Stribog (built 2000) last November for a voyage from the Caribbean to China for an $8.6m