A US shipowner is suing an upstart logistics firm for stealing its name.

Washington State-based Westwood Shipping Lines sued Westwood Shipping in the US federal court for the Southern District of Texas on Monday, asking the court to block it from using the Westwood name.

"Since at least as early as 1981, Westwood Shipping [Lines] has used the word marks Westwood Shipping Lines, Westwood Shipping, and Westwood ...