Hanjin Shipping may be protected from US lawsuits over debts incurred before it filed for court restructuring in South Korea, but some creditors say the shield should not extend to containers that remained on its ships in the months since the bankruptcy began.

Container lessors and the banks that finance them are among several companies that have filed objections to a request by Hanjin’s trustees to finalise its US recognition of the Korean proceedings, because the proposed court order would eliminate their rights to pursue “common benefit claims” in US federal courts.

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