US cold storage firm Lineage Logistics, which acquired Netherlands-based Kloosterboer Group and its Kloosterboer Bayside operations in New Brunswick last year, is asking an Alaska judge to grant it status as a third-party participant in an ongoing US Customs case involving American Seafoods shipping affiliates transporting Alaska pollock to the US East Coast.

Bayside case: A timeline

Aug. 31, 2021 - News broke that US-based pollock giant American Seafoods and other Alaska seafood suppliers are facing hundreds of millions in fines as part of a dispute with the US Customs and Border Protection agency (CBP) related to how the companies move product from Dutch Harbor, Alaska, facilities to the United States.

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