Melwire Trading Company, Inc. v. M/v Cape Antibes, Etc., in Rem and Aria Shipping Co., Ltd., in Personam

ORDER

The Opinion filed on March 3, 1987, 811 F.2d 1271 (9th Cir.1987), is amended by deleting the first full paragraph on page 5 of the slip (the last carry-over paragraph on page 1273 of the bound volume) and inserting the following:

It is well-established that breach of a shipping contract may give rise to a maritime lien. G. Gilmore, The Law of Admiralty, § 9-20, at 630 (2nd ed. 1975). See Osaka, 260 U.S. 490 , 43 S.Ct. 172 , 67 L.Ed. 364 . However, because a maritime lien is not a matter of public record, it will usually be created only when there is some damage to cargo actually carried by the vessel against which in rem jurisdiction is sought. See The Saturnus, 250 F. 407 (2d Cir.) (In finding that a maritime lien was not created for damages caused by a delay in loading, the court noted that American maritime liens have never been created “for an expense put on a shipper and not caused by physical damage to goods actually carried by the act of transport.”) cert. denied, 247 U.S. 521 , 38 S.Ct. 583 , 62 L.Ed. 1247 (1918). See also Osaka, 260 U.S. at 500 , 43 S.Ct. at 174 (“[N]o lien arises in admiralty except in connection with some visible occurrence relating to the…