Pacnav S.A. v. Effie Business Corp.

*1130OPINION OF THE COURT

Saliann Scajrpulla, J.

In this special proceeding, petitioner Pacnav S.A. (Pacnav) seeks, pursuant to CPLR 7502 and 9 USC §§ 1 and 9, an attachment of respondents Effie Business Corp.’s and Antun Hermanos’ (EBC) property and/or assets in New York, a temporary restraining order in aid of the arbitration proceedings pending between the parties in New York, and enforcement of an arbitration award.

Pacnav, a Mexican corporation, was the disponent owner1 of the M/V Atlantis Charm (the vessel). In or around November 2005, EBC chartered the vessel to carry a cargo of wheat from the…