                  UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                       FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT
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                            No. 01-20392
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                      GULF INSURANCE COMPANY,

                                                Plaintiff-Appellant,

                               versus

                       M/V REI FENG; ET AL.,

                                                          Defendants,

  ETS EXPRESS, INC.; EVERGREEN MARINE CORP. (TAIWAN) LTD, doing
                   business as Evergreen Line,

                                             Defendants-Appellees.
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           Appeal from the United States District Court
                for the Southern District of Texas
                           (H-00-CV-630)
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                         February 11, 2002
Before DUHÉ, BARKSDALE, and DENNIS, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

     AFFIRMED.   See 5TH CIR. R. 47.6.




     *
      Pursuant to 5TH CIR. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this
opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the
limited circumstances set forth in 5TH CIR. R. 47.5.4.
