MYSTIC STEAMSHIP CORPORATION v. STEAMSHIP AMALFI

Nos. 14274, 14275.

433 F.2d 1310 (1970)

MYSTIC STEAMSHIP CORPORATION, Appellee, v. STEAMSHIP AMALFI, her engines, tackle, apparel, etc., in rem and Alcione Soc di Navigazione per Azione, in personam, Appellants. ALCIONE SOC di NAVIGAZIONE per AZIONE, Appellant, v. The OIL SCREW BETTY MORAN, her engines, tackle, apparel, etc., in rem and Moran Towing Corporation in personam, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided December 2, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Morton H. Clark, Norfolk, Va. (Vandeventer, Black, Meredith & Martin, Norfolk, Va., on the brief), for appellants.

Eugene Underwood, New York City (Robert B. Pohl and Burlingham, Underwood, Wright, White & Lord, New York City, Robert M. Hughes, III, and Seawell, McCoy, Winston & Dalton, Norfolk, Va., on the brief), for appellees.

Before BRYAN, WINTER and CRAVEN, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

A ship collision during a heavy fog in the early morning hours of August 7, 1967, at the entrance to Chesapeake Bay and just a short distance above Cape Henry, Virginia, resulted in damage to a barge in tow of the seabound tug Betty Moran. The other vessel was the Amalfi, an Italian freighter inbound for Norfolk. She was libelled by the barge charterer for indemnity, and in turn Amalfi's owners sued the tugowner and the barge for compensation for her injuries...

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