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Malayan Insurance Co., Inc. vs. Jardine Davies Transport Services, Inc.

MALAYAN INSURANCE CO., INC., Petitioner, versus JARDINE DAVIES TRANSPORT SERVICES, INC. and ASIAN TERMINALS, INC., Respondents.

G.R. No. 181300 | 2009-09-18

D E C I S I O N

CARPIO MORALES, J.:

On July 23, 1994, Petrosul International (Petrosul) shipped on board the vessel "MV Hoegh Merchant" (MV Hoegh) from Vancouver, Canada yellow crude sulphur "said to weigh 6,599.23 metric tons as per draft survey" for transportation to Manila, consigned to LMG Chemicals Corporation (LMG).[1]

Upon arrival of the MV Hoegh in Manila on September 5, 1994, the stevedores of respondent Asian Terminals, Inc. (ATI) undertook discharging operations of the shipment or cargo from the vessel directly onto the steel barges of Creed Customs Brokerage, Inc. (CCBI), which barges were later towed upriver...