Greenwich, Connecticut-based TransAtlantic Lines (TAL) says it is working to repair a US-flagged bulker that had been barred from government cargo business.

This week, TradeWinds reported that the US Coast Guard again cited TAL’s 5,060-dwt Transatlantic (built 1997) for numerous mechanical and safety management deficiencies during an inspection of the ship in South Korea.

The ship's owner pledged last year to fix the vessel after the