Documents obtained by Consortium journalists indicate that Limetree Bay Terminals is seeking assistance from the local courts in obtaining past due payments from Port Hamilton Refining & Transportation. Limetree Bay Terminals is seemingly filing for breach of contract, debt, and unjust enrichment, and demanding a jury trial on the issue, in the St. Croix Division of the Virgin Islands Superior Court. The suit names Port Hamilton Refining as a defendant and mentions another entity, Virgin Islands Refining Company, described as Port Hamilton’s general partner. The complaint is based on payments owed by PHRT for services provided by Limetree whose cost was supposed to have been shared by both parties. These shared services are reportedly necessary for the operation of the refinery, and in January of this year, an agreement was effected between…
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