The saga of the Vigorous carries on unresolved.
The parties involved in the multi-country legal dispute around the seized Gourdomichalis brothers' ship were unable to come to a resolution at Monday settlement conference, court records show.
Attorneys on all sides either declined comment or did not immediately return requests for comment.
The settlement conference was the latest attempt to clear up the attachment of the 52,500-dwt Vigorous (built 2005), which was seized after Pacific Gulf Shipping company filed a lawsuit in Oregon federal court in early December.
The Danish company was working to collect on a $22.6m arbitration award won after George and Stathis Gourdomichalis abandoned the now-scrapped 73,500-dwt Adamastos (built 1995) off the coast of Brazil in 2015. The suit named a slew of Gourdomichalis-connected companies, including Blue Wall Shipping.
Since filing the lawsuit, both sides have argued the other should move to free the Vigorous, while the owners and shippers of the wheat aboard the ship, Al-Saeed Trading Company and Midstar FZE, have urged the sides to come to a resolution.
The wheat is destined for Yemen, where civil war has rendered millions hungry, and needs to move soon or risk spoilage.
In mid-January, Medmar, a Greek shipbroker, filed suit against Al-Saeed and Midstar, seizing the cargo. Medmar argued they are owed $3.4m as stipulated in the charter agreement.
Monday's settlement hearing, before Magistrate Judge Paul Papak, brought parties in both suits together.
Minutes of the proceedings simply read that the "case does not settle at this time".
On Tuesday, Vigorous Shipping and Trading, the Vigorous's registered owner, filed a motion asking for a bond payment while the ship remains under attachment. A similar request was made in mid-December.
The parties are due back in court for a hearing on that motion and expedited discovery on 19 February.
According to a joint proposed case schedule, a trial in the Pacific Gulf case would not happen until June if a settlement is not reached. No schedule has been proposed in the Medmar case.
