CANARCTIC SHIPPING CO. v. GREAT LAKES TOWING CO.

Nos. 80-3415, 80-3516.

670 F.2d 61 (1982)

CANARCTIC SHIPPING COMPANY, LIMITED, as demise or bareboat charterer and operator of the M/V Arctic, Plaintiff-Appellant, Cross-Appellee, v. The GREAT LAKES TOWING COMPANY, owner and operator of the tugs Tennessee and Pennsylvania, Defendant-Appellee, Cross-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided January 28, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William D. Carle (argued), John H. Hanninen, Ray, Robinson, Hanninen & Carle, Gene B. George, Cleveland, Ohio, for plaintiff-appellant, cross-appellee.

William Jones Miller, Arter & Hadden, Robert McCreary, Cleveland, Ohio, for defendant-appellee, cross-appellant.

Before EDWARDS, Chief Judge; MERRITT and MARTIN, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

This admiralty appeal raises questions under the law of towage. The case arises from a collision on the Maumee River in Toledo, Ohio, which occurred when a ship under tow struck a bridge abutment. On June 13, 1978, the M/V Arctic, a Canadian flag, Arctic Class II bulk carrier, was on her maiden voyage from drydock at Port Weller, Canada to Toledo, Ohio. The Arctic crossed Lake Erie, sailing to Toledo harbor, where she was taken in tow by two tugboats owned...

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