Dill v. Plaquemine Towing Corp.

J. SKELLY WRIGHT, District Judge.

At approximately 11:30 P.M. on November 7, 1955, in the vicinity of Milepost 32-33 on the Plaquemine-Morgan City Alternate Route of the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, near the junction with Old River, the crew boat All The Way1 was in collision with the lead barge in tow of the M/V George W. Banta2 and the M/V Atchafalaya.3 The owner of the All The Way brought this libel for damage to that vessel and the owners of the tugs have cross-libelled for the damages sustained by them.

The Plaquemine-Morgan City Alternate Route is a most tortuous portion of the Gulf…