MIAMI (Reuters) – Norwegian Cruise Line must pay $110 million in damages to be used of a port that Cuba’s government confiscated in 1960, based on a ruling by a U.S. judge released on Friday.
The choice by U.S. District Judge Beth Bloom in Miami follows her March ruling that the usage of the Havana Cruise Port Terminal constituted trafficking in confiscated property owned by the plaintiff, Delaware-registered Havana Docks Corp.
“Judgment is entered in favor of Plaintiff Havana Docks Corporation and against Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings, Ltd,” reads the choice.
“Plaintiff is awarded $109,848,747.87 in damages,” it says, adding that Norwegian must also pay a further $3 million in legal fees and costs.
Norwegian Cruise Line didn’t immediately reply to a request for comment.
Havana Docks had also sued cruise lines Carnival, Royal Caribbean and MSC under the Helms-Burton Act, which allows U.S. nationals to sue over use of property seized in Cuba throughout the Cold War era.
(Reporting by Brian Ellsworth in Miami)
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