CULLEN TRANSPORTATION CO. v. THE BOSTON

No. 17920.

126 F.Supp. 641 (1955)

CULLEN TRANSPORTATION CO., AGENTS, Inc., as charterer in possession of THE COALDALE, Libellant, v. THE BOSTON, Red Star Towing & Transportation Company, Claimant.

United States District Court, E. D. New York.

January 3, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mahar & Mason, New York City, for libellant, by Frank C. Mason, New York City, of counsel.

Macklin, Speer, Hanan & McKernan, New York City, for claimant, by Leo F. Hanan, New York City, of counsel.


BYERS, District Judge.

This cause involves a striking of the seagoing barge Bradley by a like vessel the Coaldale, on May 15, 1946 off New London, Conn., at about 5:30 A.M. E.D.T.

These barges laden with coal were in tow of the tug Boston, bound for Providence. In the vicinity of Bartlett's Reef gas buoy (near New London) a heavy fog set in and as a result, the tug initiated the handling of the barges which led to the collision. So much is undisputed. Indeed...

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