Legal Opinion
The RICE COMPANY (SUISSE) v. Precious Flowers Ltd.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided April 2, 2008No. 07-20063PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judge:
Precious Flowers Limited (“Precious Flowers,” or the “vessel owner”) owned a vessel, the M/V NALINEE NAREE, and time chartered the vessel to IBN Agrotrading GmbH (“IBN”). The time charter included a London arbitration clause. The Rice Company 1 (or “the shipper”) bought rice to ship to Togo. It voyage chartered the vessel from IBN to ship the rice, but the vessel allegedly had unseaworthy hatch covers and the rice was damaged. The voyage charter required arbitration in New York, and the bill of lading 2 that would have issued, had the vessel not sailed…
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