Flota Mercante Grancolombiana, S.A. v. Florida Construction Equipment, Inc.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

CASSIBRY, Senior District Judge:

In this case plaintiffs Flota Mercante Grancolombiana, S.A. [Graneo], an ocean carrier domiciled in Colombia, S.A., and E.S. Binnings, Inc. [Binnings], a Louisiana corporation, Granco’s vessel agent in the Port of New Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana, and Granco’s subrogee and assignee, seek to recover alleged unpaid freight charges for Granco’s carriage of two used, disassembled asphalt plants from the Port of New Orleans to the Port of Barranquil*1517la, Colombia aboard Granco’s M/V CIU-DAD DE PEREIRA in June 1980. The defendants are Florida…