Lawyers for Greece's Delta Tankers is fighting back against a second attempt by an affiliate of Nigeria's Taleveras Group to throw out a US asset seizure lawsuit.

Delta shipowning affiliate Pontiaki Special Maritime Enterprise filed the papers Friday opposing a dismissal request by Taleveras Petroleum Trading DMCC.

As TradeWinds has reported, Pontiaki has secured a court order in the federal court in Delaware garnishing $1.41m