If the case isexpelled from a bankruptcy court in Houston’s Southern District the seafarerson board the 320,000-dwt A Whale (built 2010) fear their chances of survivalwill diminish greatly, the vessel’s captain told TradeWinds in an interviewThursday.

The master, Khan Jubair Niaz, noted that they donot have an attorney, which is why it may not come as a surprise that thecrew’s welfare was not a central theme during the first two days of proceedingsthat began with nearly two days of testimony from the troubled Taiwaneseoperator’s chairman, Nobu Su.

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