IN RE COMPLAINT AND PETITION OF FR8 PRIDE SHIPPING CORP.

C.A. No. C-12-185.

IN RE COMPLAINT AND PETITION OF THE FR8 PRIDE SHIPPING CORP. AND THOME SHIP MANAGEMENT PTE. LTD., AS OWNER AND TECHNICAL MANAGER OF FR8 PRIDE, HER ENGINES, TACKLE, ETC., IN A CAUSE OF EXONERATION FROM OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY.

United States District Court, S.D. Texas, Corpus Christi Division.

June 18, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

FR8 Pride Shipping Corp., represented by Dabney Welsh Pettus , Welder Leshin LLP, Dane C Bruun , Welder Leshin LLP & Frank Lowell McNiff, Jr , Welder Leshin LLP.

Thome Ship Management Pte. Ltd., as Owner and Technical Manager of M/V FR8 Pride, Her Engines, Tackle, Etc., In a Cause of Exoneration from or Limitation of Liability, represented by Dabney Welsh Pettus , Welder Leshin LLP, Dane C Bruun , Welder Leshin LLP & Frank Lowell McNiff, Jr , Welder Leshin LLP.

Rowan Companies, Inc., Claimant, represented by Steven L. Roberts , Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP.

Rowan Luxembourg, S.A.R.L., Claimant, represented by Steven L. Roberts , Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP.

Rowan Drilling (Gibraltar), Ltd., Claimant, represented by Steven L. Roberts , Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP.

Rowan Drilling (Gibraltar), Ltd., Counter Claimant, represented by Steven L. Roberts , Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP.

Rowan Luxembourg, S.A.R.L., Counter Claimant, represented by Steven L. Roberts , Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP.

Rowan Companies, Inc., Counter Claimant, represented by Steven L. Roberts , Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP.

FR8 Pride Shipping Corp., Counter Defendant, represented by Dabney Welsh Pettus , Welder Leshin LLP, Dane C Bruun , Welder Leshin LLP & Frank Lowell McNiff, Jr , Welder Leshin LLP.

Thome Ship Management Pte. Ltd., as Owner and Technical Manager of M/V FR8 Pride, Her Engines, Tackle, Etc., In a Cause of Exoneration from or Limitation of Liability, Counter Defendant, represented by Dabney Welsh Pettus , Welder Leshin LLP, Dane C Bruun , Welder Leshin LLP & Frank Lowell McNiff, Jr , Welder Leshin LLP.


OPINION SETTING BOND ON A VESSEL

BRIAN L. OWSLEY, Magistrate Judge.

Petitioners, FR8 Pride Shipping Corp. and Thome Ship Management PTE Ltd, filed this admiralty action on June 6, 2012 seeking a limitation of their liability. (D.E. 1). On June 7, 2012, they filed a motion for an expedited hearing. (D.E. 2). That motion was referred to a magistrate judge. Claimants, Rowan Companies, Inc., Rowan Luxembourg, s.a.r.l., and Rowan Drilling...

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