Italia Di Navigazione, S.P.A. v. M v. Hermes I, Her Engines, Boilers, Tackle, Etc. And Hermes Shipping K.K., A/K/A Hermes Shipping Co., Ltd.

Italia Di Navigazione, S.p.A. (“Italian Line”), instituted this action for damages on February 26, 1982, alleging four incidents of nondelivery of goods shipped aboard the M.V. Hermes I, owned by Hermes Shipping K.K. (“Hermes”). The incidents arose out of three voyages: one in October, 1980, one in January, 1981, and one in February, 1981. The United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, Robert W. Sweet, Judge, grant ed Hermes’ motion for summary judgment with respect to the claims arising out of the first two voyages, on the ground that they were time-barred by the…