NORTH AMERICAN STEEL PRODUCTS CORPORATION AND OTHERS v. THE "ANDROS MENTOR" AND OTHERS TITAN INDUSTRIAL CORPORATION (THIRD PARTY)1

[1970] 1 Lloyd's Rep. 145

UNITED STATESDISTRICT COURTSOUTHERN DISTRICT OFNEW YORK

Before District Judge Harold R. Tyler, Jr.

United States - Carriage by sea - Charter-party - Vessel under time charter-party sub-chartered under voyage charter-party - Steel loaded at Buenos Aires arrived at New York in rusty condition - Claim for damage by purchasers of steel and by voyage charterers against vessel, her owners and time charterers - Whether plaintiffs could rely on bill of lading or were bound by terms of voyage charter-party imposing liability for stowage on voyage charterers - Whether United States Carriage of Goods by Sea Act, 46 U.S. Code, sects. 1300 to 1315 applied- No proof that steel was in good condition when loaded - Defendants not liable.