California Transport Corp. v. Tug Accentor

J. SKELLY WRIGHT, District Judge.

The supertanker T.S. Gage Lund,1 steaming up the Mississippi River in the harbor of New Orleans into a cluster of tug and barge traffic leaving and entering the Industrial Canal,2 was in collision with the lead barge of one of the tows. In these proceedings the owner of the Gage Lund sues for her damages.

On August 29, 1958, the Gage Lund had been at anchor in quarantine anchorage, a little less than one mile below, and opposite from, the entrance into the Mississippi River from the Industrial Canal. After weighing anchor at 2119, she proceeded upriver at half…