Seaplus Line Co. Ltd. v. Bulkhandling Handymax As

OPINION AND ORDER

KOELTL, District Judge.

The defendant, Bulkhandling Handymax AS (“Bulkhandling”), has moved pursuant to Supplemental Rules E(4), E(5), E(6), and E(7) of the Supplemental Rules for Certain Admiralty and Maritime Claims of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure to vacate, or to reduce, an order of maritime attachment obtained against it by the plaintiff, Seaplus Line Co. Ltd. (“Seaplus”) or, in the alternative, to substitute a letter of undertaking for the attachment. The defendant also moves for security in connection with a claim for costs in a pending arbitration.

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Seaplus is a…