Ali A. Tamini v. Salen Dry Cargo Ab, Ahjin Shipping Co., Ltd., Defendant-Third Party v. Empire United Stevedoring Corp., Third Party

ALVIN B. RUBIN, Circuit Judge:

The district court entered a summary judgment that the cargo damaged during the loading of a vessel was not a single package under the Carriage of Goods by Sea Act (COGSA). 1 We find that the issue could properly be decided in this fashion and affirm the judgment.

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Ali A. Tamini sought to transport a portable rotary drilling rig from Houston, Texas to Dammam, Saudi Arabia aboard the M/V Jewon, a cargo vessel chartered by Salen Dry Cargo AB and owned by Ahjin Shipping Company, Ltd. A Certificate of Origin, substituted for a bill of lading, described the cargo to be…