Jefferson Chemical Company, Inc., and Firemen's Fund Insurance Company v. M/t Grena and Her Owners, A/s J. Ludwig Mowinckels Rederi

DYER, Circuit Judge:

This admiralty appeal arises out of Jefferson Chemical’s 1 2 suit against the M/T Greña, her owners, A/S J. Ludwig Mowinckels Rederi and the impleaded third party defendant Charles Martin Inspectors of Petroleum, Inc., for damages to two shipments of cargo by Jefferson on the Greña. The District Court found that there was no explanation for the salt water damage which occurred on one shipment, but that the damage on the other shipment, an increase in the iron content of the cargo, was due to the inherent characteristics of the particular cargo. Dismissing the third party…