ANDROS SHIPPING CO. v. PANAMA CANAL COMPANY

Nos. 4317, 4340.

184 F.Supp. 246 (1960)

ANDROS SHIPPING CO., Ltd., a corporation, Libelant, v. PANAMA CANAL COMPANY, a corporation, Respondent. EMPRESA NACIONAL DEL PETROLEO, a corporation, Libelant, v. ANDROS SHIPPING CO., Ltd., a corporation, and the steamtanker THE ANDROS VENTURE, her engines, boilers, etc., and The Panama Canal Company, a corporation, Respondents.

District Court, Canal Zone, Balboa Division.

As Amended June 6, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Healy, Baillie & Burke, New York City, L. S. Carrington, de Castro & Robles, Balboa, Canal Zone, for Andros Shipping Co., Ltd. and The Andros Venture.

Bentz, Markun, Daly & Dunn, Balboa Heights, Canal Zone, for Panama Canal Co.

Kirlin, Campbell & Keating, New York City, Roy Phillipps, Balboa, Canal Zone, for Empresa Nacional Del Petroleo.


GUTHRIE F. CROWE, District Judge.

Findings of Fact

1. The Andros Venture, owned and operated by libelant-respondent Andros Shipping Co., Ltd., was built in Quebec, Canada, in 1953 and is a single screw tank vessel of 17,845 gross tons and 13,280 net tons with an overall length of 624.8 feet and a beam of 84.2 feet. Her mean authorized tropical salt water (T SW) draft is 33 feet 11 7/8 inches. Her mean authorized tropical fresh water (TFW) draft is 34 feet...

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