Mediterranean Shipping Company must pay US furniture maker MCS Industries reparations of almost US$1 million after the US Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) awarded default judgment to MCS in its breach-of-contract complaint against MSC.

FMC judge Erin Wirth cited MSC’s “willful and deliberate failure to provide discovery” as the Swiss-Italian liner giant had repeatedly failed to comply with the FMC’s order to turn over certain documents relating to its contract with MCS.