Legal Opinion
Asoma Corp. v. SK Shipping Co.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided October 24, 2006No. Docket No. 05-5308-cvPublishedCited by 77 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
B.D. PARKER, Circuit Judge.
This admiralty case arose from seawater damage to steel coils shipped from Taiwan to the United States, and we must decide in which country the case should be heard. Two separate contracts of carriage, with two different forum selection clauses, potentially govern. Defendant-Appellee SK Shipping Co., Ltd., as “time chartered owner,” entered into a charter party (the “contract of charter,” “voyage charter” or “charter party”) leasing a vessel to Metall und Rohstoff Shipping London Ltd. (“MUR London”) for shipment of the cargo. The contract identified the “charterer”…
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