Societe Commerciale De Transports Transatlantiques v. African Mercury

MEMORANDUM

TENNEY, District Judge.

The third-party defendant in this action, Southeastern Maritime Co., Inc. (“Southeastern”), has moved pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1404(a) to transfer this action to the United States District Court for the Southern District of Georgia. For the reasons stated hereinafter, the motion is granted.

Briefly, the facts are as follows. Plaintiff, a French corporation with its principal place of business in Paris, brought an action under 28 U.S.C. § 1333 against defendant S.S. African Mercury, a United States merchant vessel owned and operated by' defendant Farrell Lines,…