Claims received by Swiber climb to US$135.9m

BELEAGUERED offshore marine group Swiber Holdings has received claims totalling about US$135.9 million as at Aug 18.

The company is seeking legal advice on the above claims, it said in an update to the exchange on Friday night.

Swiber has filed a judicial management application with the High Court after dramatically reversing a winding-up petition. The interim judicial managers' report will be submitted to the High Court by Sept 2 and a judge pre-trial conference will be held on Sept 5.