Judge slaps Alf Aanonsen’s Trinity companies with default judgment in charter case

A US judge has issued a default judgment against two companies controlled by Connecticut shipping figure Alf Aanonsen for $14.2m in a charter dispute.

The decision by district judge Lee Rosenthal came more than four months after TradeWinds reported that refiner Grey Rock Gathering & Marketing sued Aanonsen-controlled operator Trinity Tankers and shipowner Trinity Enterprise. The judgment roughly triples the $4.84m