Tapco Nigeria, Ltd. v. M/v Westwind, Etc.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• noting that proper delivery requires discharge of cargo “upon a fit and customary wharf’
• noting that proper delivery requires discharge of cargo \upon a fit and customary wharf\
• regulations requiring that government-employed stevedores take total control of the cargo from ship’s holds until finally delivered to consignee absolved carrier from any responsibility for losses during unloading
• “We find that the carrier properly provided safe delivery to the farthest point that it could deliverf] the goods within the limitations of the law, custom, and usage of the port.”
• custom, regulations, or law of port of destination can modify common law requirements
• “[Wjhile contract and maritime law generally will dictate into whose custody an ocean carrier is required to deliver cargo, such law will be overridden by the established law or custom of the port of delivery.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).