District Court, D. Maryland May 22, 2001, 1:00-cv-02306 (Hawkspere Shipping Co. v. 65 Bundles of Secondary Aluminum, Grade A380.1)

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

SMALKIN, Chief Judge.

This case started with the filing of a claim

in rem

against certain cargo that had been carried on a vessel named the ANANGEL FIDELITY, owned by the plaintiff, Hawkspere Shipping Co. Ltd. (Hawkspere). The contract of carriage called for the shipment of the cargo from St. Petersburg, Russia, to Baltimore, Maryland.