Cabot Corporation and Cabot Argentina S.A.I.C. v. S.S. Mormacscan, Her Engines, Etc., Moore-Mccormack Lines, Inc., and John W. McGrath Corporation

HAYS, Circuit Judge:

Appellee Cabot Corporation delivered a large turbogenerator and parts packed in skids and cases to Moore-McCormack Lines for transport aboard the S.S. Mormacscan under Moore-McCormack’s bill of lading. Cabot had received a dock receipt making the shipment subject to the standard bill of lading then used by Moore-McCormack. For the job of loading the ship, Moore-McCormack employed the appellant John W. McGrath Corp. The eases containing the turbo-generator were safely stowed in the No. 3 lower hold of the Mormacsean. However, in the course of loading heavy steel plates…