IRON ORE TRANSPORT CO. v. STEAM VESSEL FLYING FOAM

Civ. A. No. 6219.

343 F.Supp. 510 (1971)

IRON ORE TRANSPORT CO., Ltd., as Owner of the STEAM VESSEL RUTH LAKE, Plaintiff, v. The STEAM VESSEL FLYING FOAM, her engines, boilers, tackle, apparel, etc., and American Export Isbrandtsen Lines, Inc., Defendants.

United States District Court, E. D. Virginia, Norfolk Division.

September 16, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Baird, Crenshaw & Ware, Crenshaw, Ware & Johnson, Norfolk, Va., for plaintiff.

Seawell, McCoy, Winston & Dalton, Norfolk, Va., for defendants.


MEMORANDUM

WALTER E. HOFFMAN, Chief Judge.

This controversy involves a collision between the RUTH LAKE, owned and operated by Iron Ore Transport Co., Ltd., and the FLYING FOAM, owned and operated by American Export Isbrandtsen Lines, Inc., which occurred on May 7, 1967, at approximately 0246 E. D.S.T. in the international waters off the coast of Virginia. The RUTH LAKE departed Baltimore in ballast on the afternoon of May 6, 1967, bound for Charleston, South...

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