OST-WEST-HANDEL BRUNO BISCHOFF GMBH v. PROJECT ASIA LINE

Nos. 97-2205, 97-2541.

160 F.3d 170 (1998)

OST-WEST-HANDEL BRUNO BISCHOFF GMBH, Plaintiff, Banchory Shipping Company, Limited, Intervenor-Appellant, Banco Wiese Limitado, Intervenor-Appellee, Siddiqui Owais; Syed Sajjud-Ue-Hassan; Syed Zaidi Hussain Itiba; Ahmad Ashfaq; Ali Anwar; Muhammad Lal; Mohammad Wazir; Muhammad Ilyas; Souza Jose; Shaikh Muhammad Ismail; Zafar Iqbal; Younos S/O Kundan Masih; Shamsuddin S/O Nasar Glahi; Masih Hidayat; Khan Abdul Hameed; Temori Salman Wagas; Muhammad Talha; Syed Muhammad Irfan; Abdul Hanan; Syed Hussain Shabbir; A.K. Pal; R.R. Amonkar; Adinarayana Arjala; N.M. Pereira; M.S. Mahendra; K.P. Madhanan; Dilip Pradhan, Crew Members of the M/V PRIDE OF DONEGAL; Plaza Fueling Agents, Incorporated; Nicholson Terminal & Dock Company; RHS Consultants, Incorporated; Dreadnought Marine, Incorporated; New Star Supply Company, Incorporated; White Stack Towing & Transportation Company, Incorporated; Transworld, Incorporated, d/b/a Global Ship Services, Limited; Yukong Line Limited; International Power Presses, Limited, Individually and as Agent For J.B.M. Tools, Limited and G.K.W. Limited; American Diesel and Ship Repairs, Incorporated; P.J. Brand, B.V.; Bureau Veritas North America, Incorporated; Hyundai Canada Inc., a/k/a Hyundai Corporation Candad; T. Parker Host, Incorporated; Ceres Marine Terminals, Incorporated; Pervez A. Syed; Twins Marine Repairs & Supplies, Incorporated; Ocean Consulting & Supply, Incorporated, Intervenor-Plaintiffs, v. PROJECT ASIA LINE, INCORPORATED; Project Asia Line, Incorporated, in personam; M/V PRIDE OF DONEGAL, her engines, tackle, appurtenances, etc., in rem; M/V PRIDE OF DONEGAL, her engines, machinery, tackle, furnishings, apparel, etc., in rem; Empire Shipping, S.A.; Empire Shipping, S.A., Monrovia, Intervenor-Defendants, Perher Singh Satinder, Master of the M/V PRIDE OF DONEGAL, Party in Interest, New Sulzer Diesel U.S. Incorporated, Movant. OST-WEST-HANDEL BRUNO BISCHOFF GMBH, Plaintiff, Banchory Shipping Company, Limited, Intervenor-Appellee, Banco Wiese Limitado, Intervenor-Appellant, Siddiqui Owais; Syed Sajjud-Ue-Hassan; Syed Zaidi Hussain Itiba; Ahmad Ashfaq; Ali Anwar; Muhammad Lal; Mohammad Wazir; Muhammad Ilyas; Souza Jose; Shaikh Muhammad Ismail; Zafar Iqbal; Younos s/o Kundan Masih; Shamsuddin s/o Nasar Glahi; Masih Hidayat; Khan Abdul Hameed; Temori Salman Wagas; Muhammad Talha; Syed Muhammad Irfan; Abdul Hanan; Syed Hussain Shabbir; A.K. Pal; R.R. Amonkar; Adinarayana Arjala; N.M. Pereira; M.S. Mahendra; K.P. Madhanan; Dilip Pradhan, Crew Members of the M/V PRIDE OF DONEGAL; Plaza Fueling Agents, Incorporated; Nicholson Terminal & Dock Company; RHS Consultants, Incorporated; Dreadnought Marine, Incorporated; New Star Supply Company, Incorporated; White Stack Towing & Transportation Company, Incorporated; Transworld, Incorporated, d/b/a Global Ship Services, Limited; Yukong Line Limited; International Power Presses, Limited, Individually and as Agent For J.B.M. Tools, Limited and G.K.W. Limited; American Diesel and Ship Repairs, Incorporated; P.J. Brand, B.V.; Bureau Veritas North America, Incorporated; Hyundai Canada Inc., a/k/a Hyundai Corporation Candad; T. Parker Host, Incorporated; Ceres Marine Terminals, Incorporated; Pervez A. Syed; Twins Marine Repairs & Supplies, Incorporated; Ocean Consulting & Supply, Incorporated, Intervenor-Plaintiffs, v. PROJECT ASIA LINE, INCORPORATED; Project Asia Line, Incorporated, in personam; M/V PRIDE OF DONEGAL, her engines, tackle, 4 appurtenances, etc., in rem; Empire Shipping, S.A.; Empire Shipping, S.A., Monrovia, Intervenor-Defendants, Perher Singh Satinder, Master of the M/V PRIDE OF DONEGAL, Party in Interest, New Sulzer Diesel US Incorporated, Movant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided November 10, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Glen T. Oxton, Healy & Baillie, L.L.P., New York, New York, for Appellant. David Kegebein Sutelan, Christian Lee Connell, Mays & Valentine, Norfolk, Virginia, for Appellee.

Before LUTTIG and MOTZ, Circuit Judges, and BULLOCK, Chief United States District Judge for the Middle District of North Carolina, sitting by designation.


Affirmed by published opinion. Judge DIANA GRIBBON MOTZ wrote the opinion, in with Judge LUTTIG and Chief Judge BULLOCK joined.

OPINION

DIANA GRIBBON MOTZ, Circuit Judge.

This admiralty case concerns competing claims to proceeds remaining from the sale of a Liberian shipping vessel, PRIDE OF DONEGAL. After a bench trial, the district court rejected the claim of Banchory Shipping Company Limited. Ost-West-Handel Bruno Bischoff GmbH v. Project Asia...

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