PT Jawamanis Rafinasi and Another v Coastal Cargo Co Inc – US Court of Appeals (5th Circuit) (DeMoss, Dennis and Prado Ct JJ) – 24 July 2013

Carriage of goods by sea – Package limitation – Plaintiffs’ boiler negligently damaged by stevedore on dockside before being loaded on to carrying vessel – Whether stevedore entitled to limit liability under COGSA – Whether stevedore “agent” of carrier

In November 2008 a boiler unit was manufactured for the first plaintiff (Rafinasi), an Indonesian company. The boiler was shipped to defendant Coastal Cargo Co Inc (Coastal) in New Orleans, Louisiana.