Hup Aik Huat Trading Pte Ltd. v. 900 Bags of Malabar Garbled End of Front Matter Black Pepper in Ocean Shipping Containers Nos. TRIU3419945, MSCU2624506, & TPHU6233345

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

ALEXANDER HARVEY, II, Senior District Judge.

In this admiralty action brought under 28 U.S.C. § 1333, plaintiff Hup Aik Huat Trading Pte Ltd. (“HAHT”) has filed an in rem suit as a possessory and/or petitory action, pursuant to Rule D of the Supplemental Rules for Certain Admiralty and Maritime Claims. This in rem action has been brought against 900 Bags of Malabar Garbled Black Pepper in Ocean Shipping Containers Nos. TRIU3419945, MSCU2624506, and TPHU6233345 (referred to collectively as the “cargo”). In-tervenor McCormick & Company, Inc. (“McCormick”) has claimed superior…