Nairobi, July 2 -- A wood products manufacturer has lost a bid to recover Sh35.8 million from logistics firm PN Mashru Ltd, after the High Court found it failed to prove that damage sustained by a thermal oil heater during transportation caused the equipment to malfunction.

The court held that although Comply Industries Ltd established that the heater fell from a crane while in the custody of the transporter, it did not produce sufficient technical evidence linking the accident to the heater's inability to reach its designed operating temperature.

The court ruled that the company failed to demonstrate that the fall caused internal damage to the heater's coils, pressure pipes and other components, resulting in the equipment reaching only...