Alengthy legal battle between International Transport Contractors (ITC) of the Netherlandsand Astilleros de Venezuela (Astivenca) over unpaid charter hire has spilledover to a courtroom in the Southern District of Florida.
The Tschudi Group affiliate claims the Maracaibo-basedcounterparty failed to cough up cash to cover a fixture involving the 12,000-hp anchor-handlerBluster (built 1988), which was chartered out for 40 days at rate of $31,000per day back in September 2008.
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