Legal Opinion
Compania Naviera Joanna SA v. Koninklijke Boskalis Westminster
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided June 26, 2009No. 08-1031PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Affirmed as modified by published opinion. Judge NIEMEYER wrote the opinion, in which Judge SCHROEDER joined. Judge SHEDD wrote a dissenting opinion.
OPINION
NIEMEYER, Circuit Judge:
During daylight hours on March 8, 2007, a large 107,849-ton containership, the MSC Joanna, owned by a Panamanian corporation and chartered by a Swiss corporation, collided with a 33,423-ton dredge, owned and chartered by Netherlands corporations, in Chinese territorial waters near the port of Tianjin, causing serious damage to both vessels. After Chinese authorities investigated the collision and legal proceedings…
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