TEXACO EXPORT, INC. v. OVERSEAS TANKSHIP CORP.

No. 72 Civ. 463 (ELP).

477 F.Supp. 289 (1979)

TEXACO EXPORT, INC. and Chevron Oil Sales Co., Plaintiffs, v. OVERSEAS TANKSHIP CORP. and Getty Tankers Ltd., Defendants. UNITED STEAMSHIP CORP., Defendant and Third-party Plaintiff, v. GETTY OIL CO., Third-party Defendant.

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

March 28, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Healy & Baillie, New York City, for plaintiffs; Nicholas J. Healy, New York City, of counsel.

Haight, Gardner, Poor & Havens, New York City, for defendants, Getty Tankers Ltd. and Getty Oil Co.; James M. Estabrook, New York City, of counsel.


OPINION

PALMIERI, District Judge.

On February 12, 1971, the tanker Wafra left Ras Tanura, Saudi Arabia, bound for Capetown, South Africa, with a cargo of 472,513 barrels of crude oil. On February 28, the ship was stranded on a reef off the South African coast, and on March 12, South African authorities towed her away and sank her. The vessel and her entire cargo were lost.

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