Opinion ID: 2973876
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Heading Rank: 2

Heading: The Viken Defendants

Text: Undisputed facts confirm Frost’s declaration; defendants’ vessels called at U.S. ports (including Toledo) frequently: • According to a listing of port calls, defendants’ vessels called at U.S. ports 172 times between January 1999 and March 2004, or nearly three times a month. Two-thirds 2 Plaintiff also originally sued the vessel M/V Inviken and a predecessor ship management company, Vista Ship Management. Plaintiff subsequently dismissed M/V Inviken and Vista Ship Management as parties. No. 05-3792 Fortis Corp. Ins. v. Viken Ship Management, et al. Page 3 of these calls (114) were at U.S. Great Lake ports, and 29 of these calls were at Ohio. See Frost Decl. ¶¶ 10-11 (JA 159-160); see also JA 247-276 (listing of all port calls for Viken Laker vessels, January 1999 - March 2004). • During this same period, the Laker vessels spent a total of 62 days at Ohio ports. See Frost Decl. ¶ 13 (JA 160). The Charter Agreement provides that the rate to charter a vessel is $9,000 per day minimum. See JA 108 (Charter Agreement). As a result, defendants earned a total of at least $558,000 for the number of days spent in Ohio ports during this period. • Similarly, defendants’ vessels spent 572 days in U.S. ports. At a rate of at least $9,000 per day, defendants earned at least $5,148,100 for time spent in U.S. ports. See Frost Decl. ¶ 13 (JA 160). • The VSM website, in describing its contingency plans for any environmental disasters, states that it makes “[f]requent calls to the USA and Canada, including the Great Lakes[.]”