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The Honorable Judge Richard M. Berman 

United States District Court 

for the Southern District of New York 

40 Centre Street 

New York, NY 10007 

BY FEDEX 

RE: ZIM INTEGRATED SHIPPING SER VS., LTD. V. BELCO RES., INC. ET AL, CASE NO. 07-CV05861 

Dear Judge Berman: 

We represent defendant Sinochem Jiangsu Corporation ("Sinochem") in the above-captioned 

matter. We write to respectfully request that the deadline for Sin~ochem to enter a response or 

otherwise move with regard to the complaint in the above-capt:ioned matter be extended to 

October 1, 2007. Although the docket currently reflects July 26, 2007 as the date upon which 

an answer is due, Sinochem and the plaintiff, Zim Integrated Shipping Services, Ltd., have 

already agreed to extend this deadline until September 1, 2007, an.d the plaintiff has advised us 

that they would not oppose this request. This request is the first such request to the Court. Our 

firm is in the process of obtaining facts relating to the complaint fiom the People's Republic of 

China ("China") including facts concerning the related criminal investigation ongoing in China, 

Lawyers(USA) Solidtors Rechtsanwalle Avocats Advocaten Notarissen Awocati Abogados 

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CC: DeOrchis, Wiener & Partners LLP 

Attorneys for ZIM AMERICAN INTEGRATED SHIPPING SERVICES LTD. 

Attn: Vincent M. DeOrchis 

61 Broadway, 26th Floor 

New York, NY 10006-2802 

CC: Bennett, Giuliano, McDonnell & Perrone 

Attorneys for BELCO RESOURCES, INC. 

Attn: William R. Bennett, 111, Esq. 

225 West 34th Street 

Suite 402 

New York, NY 10122-0402 

Tel: (646) 328-0120 

Fax: (646) 328-0121 

CC: Tisdale & Lemon, LLC 

Attorneys for NANJING HUABIN FOREIGN TRADE & ESCONOMICS CO., LTD. 

Attn: Lauren C. Davies, Esq. 

11 West 42nd St., Suite 900 

New York, NY 10036 

Tel: (212) 354-0025 

Fax: (2 12) 869-0067 

CC: HUABANG INTERNATIONAL, INC., d/b/a DRAGONTRANS SHIPPING LTD. 

Attn: Mr. Robin Du, General Manager 

8F Centre Commercial Building (Room B-33) 

54 Dashani Street 

Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, 

P.R.C. 

Tel: +86 (0)574 871 9 6068 

Fax: +86(0)574 8719 6058 

CC: SINOTRANS NINGBO INTERNATIONAL FORWARDING AGENCY CO., LTD. 

69 Jie Fang South Road, 

5th Floor Sinotrans Mansion 

Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, 

P.R.C. 

Tel: 01 1-86-574-8732 1070 

Fax: 0 1 1-86-574-8732 1309 

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