PORTLAND, Maine (AP) _ Portland officials claim Nova Star Cruises owes the city more than $150,000 for a loan extended last year that they say hasn't been repaid.
The Portland Press Herald reports the city joins more than a half-dozen creditors who claim the ferry service owes them $1.6 million collectively.
Portland Development Corp. attorney Charles Remmel says the money was used for modifications to the Nova Star _ a ferry that operated for two years between Portland and Nova Scotia, Canada.
Remmel says Nova Star Cruises also owes more than $85,000 for use of city facilities.
U.S. Marshals seized the ferry Oct. 30 because of the cruise line's outstanding debts.
Remmel says formal liens will be filed next week.
A Nova Star Cruises spokesman says the company intends to pay its bills.