Foster Wheeler Energy Corp. v. an Ning Jiang MV

CARL E. STEWART, Circuit Judge:

In this maritime action arising from cargo damage sustained during a voyage from Spain to China, shipper Foster Wheeler Energy Corporation (“Foster Wheeler”) appeals from a final judgment entered in its favor, challenging the district court’s summary judgment ruling that terms in the relevant bills of lading entitled the carrier to limit its liability to $500 per package under the Carriage of Goods by Sea Act (“COGSA”). Because we find that in this case that the Hague-Visby Rules as enacted in Spain, not COGSA, apply ex proprio vigore and cannot be overcome by…