SEA HUNTERS LP v. UNIDENTIFIED WRECKED AND ABANDONED VESSEL

Filing 81

ORDER REGARDING RECOVERY PROTOCOL By JUDGE GEORGE Z. SINGAL. (cef)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF MAINE
SEA HUNTERS, LP,
Plaintiff,
v.
THE UNIDENTIFIED, WRECKED &
ABANDONED VESSEL,

In Rem Defendant.

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ORDER REGARDING RECOVERY PROTOCOL

Following the June 25, 2012 conference of counsel, the Court had directed Sea Hunters
and the Secretary of State for Transport of the United Kingdom (“UK DfT”) to confer and
attempt to reach agreement on issues related to protocols to be used in upcoming salvage trips.
The parties have now placed a dizzying array of filings on the docket related to the recovery
protocol issue (ECF Nos. 66, 67, 71, 72, 73, 76 & 77). To the extent that any of these filings
qualifies as a motion, the motions are hereby GRANTED IN PART AND DENIED IN PART.
The Court has thoroughly reviewed and considered the most recent versions of the Recovery
Protocol submitted by Sea Hunters (ECF No. 71-1) and UK DfT (ECF No. 72-1). As a result of
this review, the Court will be separately filing an AMENDED ORDER APPOINTING
SUBSTITUTE CUSTODIAN with an approved recovery protocol.
SO ORDERED.
/s/ George Z. Singal
United States District Judge
Dated this 20th day of August, 2012.