Hawaiian Independent Refinery, Inc. v. OMI Corp.

OPINION

ROBERT L. CARTER, District Judge.

In October, 1986 the S/S OMI YUKON left Barber’s Point, Hawaii in route to Pusan, Korea. Three days out of Hawaii, explosions and fires occurred on the vessel causing death to four crew members and injuring others. The vessel was towed to Japan where it was declared a constructive total loss.

The vessel was owned by the Connecticut National Bank (“CNB”) as trustee for General Electric Credit Corp. (“GECC”), both *113Connecticut corporations, bareboat chartered to 660 Leasing Corp. (“Leasing”), a Pennsylvania corporation, and sub-bareboat chartered to…