Legal Opinion

In Re M/V Rickmers Genoa Litigation

District Court, S.D. New York

Decided November 4, 2010No. 05 Civ. 4261(LAP), 05 Civ. 6226(LAP), 05 Civ. 8841(LAP), 05 Civ. 9472(LAP)PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION AND ORDER

LORETTA A. PRESEA, Chief Judge:

This Opinion and Order resolves a third-party action and certain other claims arising out of a maritime disaster in the Yellow Sea. After two ships, the M/V RICKMERS GENOA (the “RICKMERS GENOA”) and the M/V SUN CROSS (the “SUN CROSS”), collided, water flooded one of the RICKMERS GENOA’S cargo holds. That hold contained 600 tons of a granulated, magnesium-based desulphurization reagent with the trade name Super-Sul Mg-89 (“SS-89”). About four hours later, the RICKMERS GENOA suffered an explosion and fire in that hold. The chief officer died in…

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Chem One, Ltd. v. M/V Rickmers GenoaCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2011