In re Petrol Shipping Corp.

J. JOSEPH SMITH, Circuit Judge:

Respondent Kingdom appeals from an order of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, Wilfred Feinberg, District Judge, directing it to proceed to arbitration. We find no error and affirm the order.

Petrol Shipping, as owner of the tanker Atlantis} entered into a written charter party with respondent dated February 12, 1960, in New York City, and agreed thereby to transport grain acquired by respondent from the United States government pursuant to an agreement between the two governments. The United States was acting under the…