Legal Opinion
Safic Alcan & Cie v. M/T KASCO
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided July 16, 2008No. 07 CIV. 3977(JSR)Published
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM ORDER
JED S. RAKOFF, District Judge.
Plaintiffs Safic Alcan & Cie (“Safic”) and PT Agro Jaya Perdana brought this action against defendant Starfish Enterprises, Inc. (“Starfish”) to recover $400,000 in damages to plaintiffs’ palm oil while aboard Starfish’s vessel, the M/T Kasco. The parties agree that the charter party governing their transaction provides that this claim should be arbitrated, but dispute whether the arbitration should go forward in New York or in London. By letter-briefs dated April 30, 2008, the parties applied to the Court to interpret the charter party in this…
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