Legal Opinion
Crowley Marine Services Inc. v. Maritrans Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided May 8, 2006No. 04-35724PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
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 COL-REGS. Crowley Marine Services, Inc. (“Crowley”) 'owned and operated a tug boat hired to accompany an oil tanker operated by Maritrans Operating Company L.P. (“Maritrans”) to an oil platform in the Puget Sound. During the crossing the two vessels collided, causing more than $2 million in…
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