Getma Asks U.S. Court to Enforce Guinea Damages Claim
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Getma International, a French cargo company seeking damages over a canceled port contract in Guinea, filed a claim in a U.S. court to get the West African nation to pay 38.5 million euros ($49 million) awarded by arbitrators.
Getma is seeking damages plus interest, according to a filing with Washington federal court by the Paris-based company on Sept. 23. Guinea’s decision to annul a 25-year concession to run a container terminal in the capital of Conakry in 2011 breached the French operator’s contract, the Common Court of Justice and Arbitration of Abidjan ruled in May.