REDERIET FOR M/T SEVEN SKIES v. S/S NORTH DAKOTA


242 F.Supp. 385 (1962)

REDERIET FOR M/T SEVEN SKIES, as owner of the M/T Seven Skies, Libellant, v. S/S NORTH DAKOTA, her engines, etc., and Texaco Inc., Respondent. TEXACO INC., as owner of the S/S North Dakota, Cross-Libellant, v. M/T SEVEN SKIES, her engines, etc., and Rederiet For, Claimant and Cross Respondent.

United States District Court S. D. New York.

March 7, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hill, Betts, Yamaoka, Freehill & Longcope, New York City, for libellant and cross-respondent, Eugene F. Gilligan, Eli Ellis, New York City, of counsel.

Brush & Michelsen, New York City, for Texaco, Inc., Joseph M. Brush, New York City, of counsel.


CLANCY, District Judge.

1. Libellant's tanker SEVEN SKIES, bound for Port Newark encountered dense fog while approaching Ambrose Light Vessel in the early morning of June 26, 1959. Her radar revealed that there were numerous anchored vessels in the vicinity of the lightship. Because of their presence and of the bad fog conditions the master of the SEVEN SKIES anchored the vessel in a position approximately four miles due south of the Ambrose Light Vessel at about...

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