IN THE MATTER OF EXCEL MARITIME CARRIERS LTD.

Case No. 13-23060-rdd.

In the Matter of: EXCEL MARITIME CARRIERS LTD., ET AL., Debtors.

United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. New York.

September 13, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

SKADDEN, ARPS, SLATE, MEAGHER & FLOM LLP, BY: JAY M. GOFFMAN, ESQ. , MARK A. MCDERMOTT, ESQ. , JONATHAN FRANK, ESQ. , SHANA A. ELBERG, ESQ. , (TELEPHONICALLY) Four Times Square, New York, NY 10036, Attorneys for the Debtors.

AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD LLP BY: MICHAEL S. STAMER, ESQ. , SEAN E. O'DONNELL, ESQ. , New York, NY 10036, Attorneys for the Official Creditors' Committee, One Bryant Park.

AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD LLP, BY: SARAH LINK SCHULTZ, ESQ. , 1700 Pacific Avenue, Suite 4100, Dallas, TX 75201, Attorneys for the Official Creditors' Committee.

BRACEWELL & GIULIANI, BY: GREGORY W. NYE, ESQ. , 225 Asylum Street, Suite 2600, Hartford, CT 06103, Attorneys for Ivory Shipping.

HOLLAND & KNIGHT LLP, BY: JOHN J. MONAGHAN, ESQ. , 10 St. James Avenue, 11th Floor, Boston, MA 02116, Attorneys for Secured Lenders, Administrative Agent & Steering Committee.

HOLLAND & KNIGHT, LLP BY: BARBRA R. PARLIN, ESQ. , JOVI TENEV, ESQ. , 31 West 52nd Street, New York, NY 10019, Attorneys for Secured Lenders, Administrative Agent & Steering Committee.

MOSES & SINGER, LLP, BY: ALAN GAMZA, ESQ. , 405 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY 10174, Attorneys for Christiana Trust.

WEIL, GOTSHAL & MANGES LLP, BY: GABRIEL A. MORGAN, ESQ. , (TELEPHONICALLY) 767 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10153, Attorneys for DVB Group Merchant Bank.

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, BY: RICHARD C. MORRISSEY, ESQ. (TELEPHONICALLY) 201 Varick Street, Suite 1006, New York, NY 10014, Office of the United States Trustee.

McKOOL SMITH , BY: HUGH M. RAY, III, ESQ. (TELEPHONICALLY) 600 Travis Street, Suite 7000, Houston, TX 77002, Attorneys for Robertson Maritime Investors.

PAUL, WEISS, RIFKIND, WHARTON & GARRISON LLP, BY: PHILIP A. WEINTRAUB, ESQ. (TELEPHONICALLY) MARGARET A. PHILLIPS, ESQ. (TELEPHONICALLY) 1285 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10019, Attorneys for Oaktree Capital Management.

SEWARD & KISSEL, LLP, BY: RONALD L. COHEN, ESQ. (TELEPHONICALLY) WILLIAM MUNNO, ESQ. (TELEPHONICALLY) One Battery Park Plaza, New York, NY 10004, Attorneys for Seward & Kissel, LLP.


MODIFIED BENCH RULING

ROBERT DRAIN, Bankruptcy Judge.

I have before me a motion by the official unsecured creditors' committee, which is supported by the trustee for the unsecured debt, for an order terminating the debtors' exclusive periods under Section 1121 of the Bankruptcy Code to file and obtain confirmation of a Chapter 11 plan.

We are well within the debtors' initial exclusive periods under the Bankruptcy Code to file and solicit vote on...

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