SPERRY RAND CORPORATION v. NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD AND OTHERS (THE "BISCHOFSTEIN")

[1974] 1 Lloyd's Rep. 122

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURTSOUTHERN DISTRICTOF NEW YORK

Before Circuit Judge J. Edward Lumbard1

United States - Bill of lading - Limitation of liability - Shavers stowed in cartons shipped by shipper in own container - Disappearance of container after discharge from vessel - Whether carriers and terminal operators guilty of negligence - Whether container a "package" - Whether carrier entitled to limit liability to U.S. $500 - United States Carriage of Goods by Sea Act, 1936, s. 4 (5) (46 U.S.C. s. 1304 (5)). United States - Negligence - Terminal operator - Loss of container after discharge from vessel - Whether terminal sufficiently guarded by security guards.