The Swiss coal trader has asked District Judge Robert Doumar to appoint a magistrate judge to oversee the competing claims, including those of Glory Wealth Shipping and Noble Group’s chartering arm.
Meanwhile, records show that keeping the ship under a court attachment order during the legal fight cost nearly $1.18m in custodial operating costs.
The vessel had been anchored off the US state of Virginia since November, when Flame secured a court order seizing the vessel.
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