LSC DEPLORES IRI’S SUIT AGAINST LISCR

LSC DEPLORES IRI’S SUIT AGAINST LISCR    The Liberian Shipowners’ Council, based in Tarrytown, N.Y., representing owners of vessels flying the Liberian flag, said Wednesday that the lawsuit filed earlier this week by International Registries, Inc. against the Liberian International Ship and Corporate Registry “is not in the best interest of shipowners.”
   “The LSC regrets that IRI has taken such a confrontational approach with LISCR on what should be a straightforward contractual matter,” said Richard Deely, general secretary of the council.
   Deely said that LSC and LISCR were “totally independent organizations,” and that he was speaking strictly for shipowners, not for the Liberian-flag ship register.