Mathiesen v. M/V Obelix

POLITZ, Circuit Judge:

Unimills B.V. and Margarine Verkaufs Union GmbH1 seek recovery of storage charges incurred because of a delay experienced in the loading and transportation of soybeans. That delay resulted from the collision of a vessel chartered to transport the soybeans with another vessel, prior to the time the soybeans were loaded. Applying the rule of Robins Drydock & Repair Co. v. Flint, 275 U.S. 303, 48 S.Ct. 134, 72 L.Ed. 290 (1927), the district court granted defendants’ motion for summary judgment. Agreeing with that application, and finding that complainants are precluded from…