Legal Opinion
Trans-Amazonica Iquitos, S. A. v. Georgia Steamship Co.
District Court, S.D. Georgia
Decided November 24, 1971No. Civ. A. 2411PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
LAWRENCE, Chief Judge.
In October, 1968, the Island Sun, bound to Savannah from Trinidad, grounded on a coral reef about a mile and a half east of Cat Island in the Bahamas. She is a constructive total loss. The vessel carried a cargo of lumber. Georgia-Pacific Corporation was consignee of the shipment.
Trans-Amazonica Iquitos had time-chartered the freighter from her owner. It brought suit against Georgia-Pacific and Georgia Steamship Company for the charter hire. The latter is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Georgia-Pacific. 1 It sub-chartered the Island Sun from Trans-Amazonica for the…
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