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J - : :Tgjyi-qp ----- -. -_ _ -- -. --- - -- --- --.".. ^ * -_ ___ __ Judge Richard M. Berman 

United States District Court 

Southern District of new York 

40 Centre Street, Courtroom 706 

New York, NY 10007 

Re: Zim American Integrated Shipping Services Ltd. v. Belco Resources, Inc. et al. 

Docket no. 07 Civ. 5861 (RMB)(GWG) 

Our File: 1236-689 

Dear Judge Berman: 

We are attorneys representing ZIM INTEGRATED SHIPPING SERVICES, LTD., in the 

above captioned matter for a Rule B maritime attachment and garnishment and we file the present 

letter application to request from the Court the issuance of two proposed amended orders of the Court 

and the authorization to amend the summonses as a result of the filing of our first amended complaint. 

We filed the first amended complaint without leave of the Court today against all five 

defendants in this action pursuant to Fed. R. C. P. Rule 15(a) (attached hereto is the first amended 

verified complaint and its supporting affidavit). The amended complaint reflects notably changes in 

the names of two Chinese defendants, adds a sixth cause of action for punitive damages, and seeks 

joint and several liability of all defendants on all six causes of action. The amount of estimated 

damages suffered by the plaintiff remains unchanged but we make it clear that we are seeking the full 

amount of damages as against each and everyone of the defendants. 

As a result of the filing of the first amended complaint, we respectfully request that the Court: 

1. allows us to amend the summonses pursuant to Fed. R. C. P. Rule 4(a) to reflect the 

changes in the names of two defendants; 

2. issues the proposed amended order of maritime attachment and garnishment attached 

hereto; 

3. issues the proposed amended order of substitute process server attached hereto; 

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Judge Richard M. Berman 

September 12, 2007 

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Upon issuance of the amended orders by Your Honor, we intend to serve the amended orders 

and the verified complaint on all garnishees. 

We thank Your Honor for his attention in this matter 

Respectfully Submitted, 

DEORCHFS, WIENER & PARTNERS, LLP h 

BY X~QL, Vincent M. DeOrchis 

TO: Lovells, LLP 

Derek John Craig, Esq. 

590 Madison Avenue 

New York, NY 10022 

Attorney for Defendant Sinochem Jiangsu Corporation 

Tisdale Law Offices 

Lauren Cozzolino Davies, Esq. 

1 1 West 42"d Street 

New York, NY 10022 

Attorney for Defendant Nanjing Huabin Foreign Trade & Economics Co., Ltd. 

William R. Bennett, I11 

Bennett, Giuliano, McDonnelle & Perrone, LLP 

225 West 34th Street 

Suite 402 

New York, NY 10122 

Attorney for Defendant Belco Resources, Inc. 

Defendant Sinotrans Ningbo International 

Forwarding Agency Co., Ltd. 

69 Jie Fang South Road, 

5" Floor Sinotrans Mansion 

Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, P.R. China 

Defendant Huabang International, Inc., 

d/b/a Dragontrans Shipping Ltd. 

Mr. Robin Du, General Manager 

8F Centre Commercial Building (Room B-33) 

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Judge Richard M. Berman 

September 12, 2007 

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54 Dashani Street 

Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, 

P.R. China 

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