INTERNATIONAL PRODUCE INC. AND GREENWICH MILLS CO. v. S.S. "FRANCES SALMAN", SWEDISH GULF LINE A/B AND COMPANHIA DE NAVEGACAO MARITIMA NETUMAR: CANADIAN GULF LINE LTD. (THIRD PARTY) (THE "FRANCES SALMAN")

[1975] 2 Lloyd's Rep. 355

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK

Before District Judge Tenney

United States - Bill of lading - Coffee shipped at Santos and Paranagua for delivery at Baltimore and New York - Clean bills of lading issued by time charterer of vessel - Time charterer responsible for stowage - Quebracho stowed in same holds as coffee - Caustic soda in drums stowed over coffee at intermediate port - Vessel encountering force 12 wind - Shifting of cargo - Leak from sanitary water pipe - Cargo damaged - Whether vessel seaworthy - Whether damage due to bad stowage and/or perils of the sea - Whether fault in "management" of ship - Whether time charterers and/or shipowners liable - United States Carriage of Goods by Sea Act, 1936, ss. 1301 (a), 1303 (1), 1304 (1), (2) (a) (c).