CROWLEY MARINE SERVICES v. MARITRANS

No. 04-35724.

447 F.3d 719 (2006)

CROWLEY MARINE SERVICES INC., a Delaware corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. MARITRANS INC., a Delaware corporation; Maritrans Transportation Inc., a Delaware corporation; Maritrans Operating Company LP, a Delaware Limited partnership; Maritrans General Partner Inc., a Delaware corporation, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided May 8, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Vincent R. Larson, Daniel J. Gunter, and C. William West, Riddell Williams P.S., Seattle, WA, for plaintiff-appellant Crowley Marine Services, Inc.

Marc E. Warner, LeGros, Buchanan & Paul, Seattle, WA, for defendant-appellee Maritrans Operating Company L.P.

Before RICHARD D. CUDAHY, T.G. NELSON, and McKEOWN, Circuit Judges.


McKEOWN, Circuit Judge.

This case calls on us to decide a matter of first impression regarding the application of the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea, Oct. 20, 1972, 28 U.S.T. 3459, T.I.A.S. 8587, adopted by statute at 33 U.S.C. § 1602, better known by their common acronym as the COLREGS. Crowley Marine Services, Inc. ("Crowley") owned and operated a tug boat hired to accompany an oil tanker operated by Maritrans Operating Company...

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