Weyerhaeuser Company v. Western Seas Shipping Co., Eastern Seas Shipping Co., and Karlander (Australia) Pty. Ltd.

NORRIS, Circuit Judge:

Appellant Weyerhaeuser Company (Wey-erhaeuser) appeals the district court’s denial of its petition to compel the consolidation of two maritime arbitrations into a single arbitration before five arbitrators.

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Appellee Trans-Pacific Shipping Co. * (Trans-Pacific) owns two ships that were time chartered by Weyerhaeuser. Weyerhaeuser subsequently subchartered the ships to appellee Karlander Australia Party Ltd. (Karlander). During the pendency of the subcharter, a dispute arose concerning cargo stowage restrictions.

Under the standard arbitration clause in the subcharter,…