Platina Bulk Carriers would be plodding ahead in its legal dispute with Praxis Energy Agents — if only the Singaporean bulker charterer could find them.

US district court Judge Naomi Reice Buchwald on Thursday approved Platina's request to pursue alternative methods of serving Praxis companies in Texas, Singapore and Dubai after Platina found nothing but empty offices and homes in 15 attempts to serve legal papers over three months.