ARMED SERVICES BOARD OF CONTRACT APPEALS 

Appeal of -- ) 

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Shippers Stevedoring Company ) 

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Under Contract No. HTC71 l-15-D-R037 ) 

APPEARANCE FOR THE APPELLANT: 

APPEARANCES FOR THE GOVERNMENT: 

ASBCA No. 60379 

Mr. Nick Stratigakis 

President and Chief Executive Officer 

Jeffrey P. Hildebrant, Esq. 

Air Force Deputy Chief Trial Attorney 

Lt Col Damund E. Williams, USAF 

Trial Attorney 

ORDER OF DISMISSAL 

By letter dated 18 December 2015, Donald C. Holmes, Esq., filed a notice of appeal 

from a contracting officer's final decision denying appellant's request for payment for 

"hardship conditions" on behalf of Shippers Stevedoring Company (appellant), which the 

Board docketed on 21December2015. Mr. Holmes represented appellant in connection 

with this appeal until 15 November 2016, when he notified the Board he was withdrawing as 

counsel, and provided the Board with contact information for Mr. Nick Stratigakis, whom 

Mr. Holmes identified as appellant's President and Chief Executive Officer. 

By Orders dated 17 November 2016 and 15 December 2016, appellant was directed to 

show that it is represented in this appeal by a person who meets the criteria of Board 

Rule 15(a), or to designate a proper person as its representative. Those two Orders were sent 

to Mr. Stratigakis at the address provided by Mr. Holmes. By Order dated 11 January 2017, 

appellant was again directed to show that it is represented by a person meeting the criteria of 

Board Rule 15(a) or designate a proper person as its representative. This Order was sent to 

Mr. Stratigakis at the email address provided by Mr. Holmes. The Board has received no 

response to any of those Orders. 

On 4 January 2017 and 11 January 201 7, Board personnel attempted to contact 

Mr. Stratigakis at the office and cell phone numbers provided by appellant's former counsel, 

and left voicemail messages requesting appellant to contact the Board. Appellant did not 

respond to either of those voicemails. 

By Show Cause Order dated 2 February 2017, the Board ordered appellant to show 

that it is represented in these proceedings by a person meeting the criteria of Board Rule 

15(a) or designate a proper person to represent it. The Order stated that if appellant did not 
comply, the Board intended to dismiss this appeal without further notice to the parties. The 

Order was sent to appellant via certified mail and email to the addresses provided by 

Mr. Holmes. The return receipt card for the certified letter was returned to the Board bearing 

the illegible signature of a person identified not as the addressee but as an agent. The Board 

received no response to the Order. 

It is not clear whether Mr. Stratigakis is currently employed by appellant and 

appellant has not designated another individual as its representative. Since the Board cannot 

proceed without a representative meeting the requirements of Board Rule 15(a), this appeal 

is dismissed. 

Dated: 7 March 2017 

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RICHARD SHACKLEFORD 

Administrative Judge 

Vice Chairman 

Armed Services Board 

of Contract Appeals 

2 

MARK N. STEMPLER 

Administrative Judge 

Acting Chairman 

Armed Services Board 

of Contract Appeals 

I concur 

')1~:l).0~ MI~'CONNELL '-

Administrative Judge 

Armed Services Board 

of Contract Appeals 
I certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the Order of Dismissal of the Armed 

Services Board of Contract Appeals in ASBCA No. 603 79, Appeal of Shippers Stevedoring 

Company, rendered in conformance with the Board's Charter. 

Dated: 

3 

JEFFREY D. GARDIN 

Recorder, Armed Services 

Board of Contract Appeals