Petition of Marsuerte Compania Naviera, SA

BONSAL, District Judge.

Claimants in this limitation proceeding asserting claims in excess of $150,000 have moved for an amendment to the restraining order now in effect to permit them to commence an action in the New York courts and to attach the proceeds of insurance policies and any other assets of the petitioner corporation within this jurisdiction pursuant to Article 62 of the Civil Practice Law and Rules.

The S.S. TASSIA, flying the Greek flag, sailed from Antwerp, Belgium on April 23, 1965 with a cargo of steel. In early May she ran into severe storms in the Atlantic and sank on May 9.…