Case No. 01-27062-BKC-RBR, Case No. 01-27063-BKC-RBR, Case No. 01-27064-BKC-RBR, Case No. 01-27065-BKC-RBR, Case No. 01-27066-BKC-RBR, Case No. 01-27067-BKC-RBR, Case No. 01-27068-BKC-RBR, Case No. 01-27069-BKC-RBR, Chapter 11 Cases.United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. Florida
October 10, 2001
ORDER GRANTING DEBTORS’ EMERGENCY EX-PARTE MOTION TO PAY ONE MONTH SEVERANCE PAY TO NON-ESSENTIAL CREW ON VESSELS R THREE AND R FOUR
RAYMOND B. RAY, United States Bankruptcy Judge.
THIS MATTER having come before the Court on the 10th day of October, 2001, in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, upon the Debtors’ Emergency Ex-Parte[1] Motion to Pay One Month Severance Pay to Non-Essential Crew on Vessels R Three and R Four (the “Motion”). (C.P.62) The Court having reviewed the Motion, having heard the argument of counsel and being otherwise fully advised in the premises, it is thereupon
ORDERED and ADJUDGED as follows:
1. The Debtors’ Emergency Ex-Parte Motion to Pay One Month Severance Pay to Non-Essential Crew on Vessels R Three and R Four (C.P. 62) is hereby granted.
2 The Debtors are authorized forthwith to pay non-essential crew members on vessels R Three and R Four, one (1) month severance pay, which the Debtors estimate to be in the sum of approximately $100,000.00 per ship, for a total of approximately $200,000.00.
3. As a condition of receiving the one (1) month severance pay, the non-essential crew members receiving such pay, must immediately leave the vessels upon receipt of that pay, and not return to such vessel.