Wartsila

BACKGROUND

The appeal involves multiple parties, both foreign and domestic. The underlying dispute arising from the accident is not before us. Nonetheless, in order to analyze the jurisdic- tional claims, we first identify the parties, put them in context, and summarize the proceedings in the district court.

I. THE PARTIES

Holland America is a Washington corporation that operates passenger sail cruises. It also acts as an agent for some of its subsidiaries, including Windstar, in contracting for services and repairs. Windstar, a Bahamian corporation headquartered in Seattle, Washington, also operates passenger sail cruises and owned the Wind Song, the sunken ship at issue in this appeal.1 1 Throughout this opinion, we refer to appellants collectively as “Hol- land America.” HOLLAND AMERICA v. WÄRTSILÄ N. AMERICA 5069 Bureau Veritas is a French classification society which sets standards for the quality and integrity of ships and performs ship surveys to determine compliance with the classification society’s rules and regulations, national laws, and interna- tional conventions. BVNA, a separate Delaware corporation, provides classification surveys for vessel…