IN RE M.V. FLOREANA

No. Civ.A. H-98-3283.

65 F.Supp.2d 489 (1999)

In re M.V. FLOREANA.

United States District Court, S.D. Texas.

September 10, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Patrick Cooney, Royston Rayzor Vickery & Williams, Houston, TX, Charles F Herd, Jr, John Carl Cunningham, Rice Fowler, Houston, TX, for Inmar Shipping Company for Limitation of Liability as Owner of the M.V. Floreana, plaintiff.

Charles F Herd, Jr, Rice Fowler, Houston, TX, for Compania de Seguros La Union, intervenor-plaintiff.

Charles F Herd, Jr, Rice Fowler, Houston, TX, for Marcelo Arcos Astudillo, IESC Corp., defendants.

Daniel B Shilliday, Vinson & Elkins, Houston, TX, for Port of Houston Authority, defendant.

Ben L Aderholt, Chamberlain Hrdlicka et al, Houston, TX, for Foreign Trade Export Packing, Worldwide Export Services Inc, defendants.

Christine Kirchner, Chamberlain Hrdicka White, Williams and Martin, Houston, TX, for Starkteq Inc, defendant.

George Francis Chandler, III, Hill Rivkins Hayden, Houston, TX, for Champion Technologies Inc, Texaco International Trader Inc, Ferconsa CA, City Investing Co., Ltd., defendants.

Michael Bush, Attorney at Law, New Orleans, LA, for BACA International Inc, defendant.

James R Koecher, Brown Sims Wise & White, Houston, TX, for Fritz Transportation International, Elite International Transportation Inc, WTS of Houston, Inc., defendants.

Robert J Ryniker, Bell Ryniker & Letourneau, Houston, TX, for Coastal Cargo of Texas Inc, consolidated defendant.

Edward Donald Burbach, Griggs & Harrison, Houston, TX, Robert J Ryniker, Bell Ryniker & Letourneau, Houston, TX, for Orion Transport LTD, consolidated defendant.

George Francis Chandler, III, Hill Rivkins Hayden, Houston, TX, for Importada Comercial Lartizco CIA LTDA, claimant.

Kerry Charles Williams, Chamberlain Hrdlicka White, Williams Martin, Houston, TX, for Petroecuador-Houston, movant.

Stephen B Schulte, Keith & Weber, Kerrville, TX, for Inc. Armstrong World Indu, movant.

Charles F Herd, Jr, Rice Fowler, Houston, TX, for La Union Compania Nacional de Seguros SA, movant.

Michael A Orlando, Meyer Orlando & Evans, Houston, TX, for EPG/Lloyd's Underwriters, movant.

Daniel B Shilliday, Vinson & Elkins, Houston, TX, for Port of Houston Authority, cross-claimant.

Charles F Herd, Jr, Rice Fowler, Houston, TX, John Carl Cunningham, Rice Fowler, Houston, TX, for Inmar Shipping Company for Limitation of Liability as Owner of the M.V. Floreana, cross-defendant.

Robert C Oliver, Sharpe and Oliver, Houston, TX, for Associated Petroleum Services Inc, GE Packaged Power Systems Inc., Stewart & Stevenson, Tril Export Corp. of PR, Halliburton Energy Services, Halliburton Global Ltd., claimants.

Christine Kirchner, Chamberlain Hrdicka White, Williams and Martin, Houston, TX, for Starkteq Inc, cross-claimant.

Stan F Nelson, Pikoff and Nelson, Houston, TX, for Dailey International Incorporated, World Commerce FWRDG, BJ Services International, Centrilift, a Baker Hughes Company, WTS of Houston Inc, Helmerich & Payne International Drilling Company, claimants.

George Francis Chandler, III, Hill Rivkins Hayden, Houston, TX, for Empresa Estatel Petroleos Del Ecuador, claimant.

Gregory S Meece, Thompson & Knight, Houston, TX, for Ashland Plastics Int, Valvoline Intern., Inc., claimants.

Frank Edward Billings, Billings & Solomon, Houston, TX, for Saga Transport (USA) Inc, claimant.

Robert C Oliver, Sharpe and Oliver, Houston, TX, for Betzdearborn International Inc, claimant.


Opinion on Cargo Claims

HUGHES, District Judge.

1. Introduction.

Shippers contracted for the carriage of goods by ship from Houston to Esmeraldas and Guayaquil, Ecuador. While the stevedore was loading the vessel, it capsized. The ship now seeks to limit its liability to the shippers.

2. Federal Law.

Federal law applies to every contract for carriage of goods by sea to or from ports of the United States. One effect...

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