FABRICA DE TEJIDOS LA BELLOTA S.A. v. M/V MAR

Civ. Nos. 1989-357, 1990-341.

799 F.Supp. 546 (1992)

FABRICA DE TEJIDOS LA BELLOTA S.A. Inversiones Y Servicios S.A. Empresa Nacional De Comercializacion De Insumos, Selcco S.P.A. Manifattura De Legnano Sp.P.A. Camcotton S.A. Compania De Xeguros Crux Del Sur S.A., Plaintiffs, v. The M/V MAR and the M/V WITTUG, their engines, boilers, tackle furniture, apparel, shipping containers, etc. in rem Achille Lauro Lines S.R.L. d/b/a Lauro Lines, Charter Transport Co. Inc., West Indies Transport Limitada S.A. Waldric Ltd. and Witwater Corporation, In Personam, Defendants. WALTER MATTER, S.A., Textile AGB, S.A., Jose Toyo, S.A., Gil Mas, S.A., Inca Tops, S.A., Schweiz Insurance, Sitip Cotton, S.P.A., Sit Transportes Intern, S.A., Union Iberoamericana, Plaintiffs, v. The M/V MAR, the M/V WITTUG, their engines, boilers, tackle, furniture, apparel, shipping containers, etc. in rem Achille Lauro Lines, S.R.L. d/b/a Lauro Lines, Charter Transport Line, Inc., West Indies Transport Co., Inc., West Indies Transport Limitada, S.A., Waldric, Ltd., Witwater Corporation, In Personam, Defendants.

District Court, Virgin Islands, D. St. Thomas and St. John.

As Amended August 6, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gregory Hodges, Dudley, Topper, Feuerzeig, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, MacHale A. Miller, O'Neil, Eichin, Miller & Breckinridge, New Orleans, La., for plaintiffs.

Frederick G. Watts, Watts & Streibich, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, Alan Van Praag, William D. Hummell, Snow Becker Krauss P.C., New York City, for defendant Achille Lauro Lines, s.r.l.

Susan Bruch, Grunert Stout Moore & Bruch, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, for defendants Charter Transport Line, West Indies Transport Co., Inc., West Indies Transport Limitada S.A., Waldric Ltd. and Witwater Corp.


FRANK A. KAUFMAN, Senior District Judge.*

Plaintiffs, South American shippers or their successors in interest, caused cargo to be placed aboard the M/V MAR, a vessel owned by Waldric, Ltd. and chartered1 to Charter Transport Lines, Inc., a Panamanian corporation, and subchartered by Charter Transport to Achille Lauro Lines, an Italian corporation. Plaintiffs seek...

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