On Tuesday Bloomberg reported that B Endeavour Shipping Company of the UK plans to file a Chapter 15 petition in New York’s Southern District prior to the close.

While the debtor is pursuing a restructuring in the UK today’s submission represents a broader effort to protect the owner’s assets, and those of its affiliates, from creditors at home and abroad.

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According to today’s petition B Endeavour is the registered owner of the 63,600-dwt Ice