Dixie Stevedores, Inc. v. Marinic Maritime, Ltd.

HATCHETT, Circuit Judge:

In this admiralty action, the appellee, Dixie Stevedores, Inc. (Dixie) brought suit seeking damages against numerous parties arising out of a stevedoring contract for the loading of cargo. The district court entered judgment for Dixie. We affirm.

This dispute arose because Dixie estimated the cost of loading certain cargo upon a vessel to be $20,000, but experienced costs of $40,297.71 when the parties discovered that because of the vessel’s construction, the cargo could not be mechanically loaded as the parties had assumed. Marinic Maritime, ltd., (Marinic) chartered…