United States v. Eastport Steamship Corp.

LEVET, District Judge.

This libel by the United States seeks $17,777.68 allegedly due as “additional charter hire” under a bareboat charter of SS Denison Victory from The Maritime Administration, as owner, to the respondent Eastport Steamship Corporation (Eastport), as charterer.1

The controversy centers about the charter hire provisions contained in Part I Clause E and Part II Clauses 12 and 13 of Charter No. MA-31, dated February 26, 1951, a standard bareboat charter contract of the Maritime Commission.

At a hearing held March 12, 1963, the parties stipulated that the trial record consist of…