The remaining vessels in the fleet of Taiwanese owner Today Makes Tomorrow (TMT) will be handed over to new owners as soon as Wednesday barring a highly unlikely last-minute stay from a Houston bankruptcy court.

That was the upshot of complex proceedings before bankruptcy judge Marvin Isgur that broke for the week just before press time.

TMT founder Nobu Su has filed both a motion to stay the sales and an appeal in which he argues that a court order to sell the ships “free and clear” violates his patent rights on some of the vessels.

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