Delos Shipping offshoot Lantern Maritimehas asked a federal judge in Connecticut to expedite hearings connected to theinitial settlement agreement after accusing the shipowner of submitting a restructuringplan that would wash out its claim to a bankruptcy court in Jakarta.

BLT is seeking an order to deny theplaintiff’s motion, dismiss the action and extend the time by which the finalisedsettlement papers are to be filed, according to an oppositional brief in whichthe counterparty was accused of trying to “bully” the defendant into paying a “grosslyinflated claim”.

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