Touton, S.A. v. M v. Rizcun Trader

OPINION AND ORDER

HART, United States Magistrate Judge.

I.Introduction

This matter concerns a dispute arising from damage to a shipment of cocoa from the Ivory Coast to Philadelphia. The parties are Touton, S.A. (“Touton”), a French corporation dealing in cocoa; Latif Maritime, Ltd. (“Latif’), owner of the M.V. Rizcun Trader; and Winston Shipping Corporation (“Winston”), the ship’s charterer. A detailed ver sion of the facts can be found in this Court’s Opinion and Order of April 24,1998, in which we ordered a stay of these proceedings pending arbitration in London, based on an agreement to…