A Louis Dreyfus Commodities (LDC)-controlled fertiliser company has secured a court order seizing a bulker controlled by China's Huayang Maritime Center in a more than $6.2m cargo damage claim.

Macrofertil Australia filed a lawsuit in the US federal court in Houston targeting 34,000-dwt open-hatch carrier Huayang Sunrise (built 2011).

Magistrate Judge Frances Stacy has issued a warrant to seize the ship, which is at anchor off Galveston.

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