Legal Opinion
Afran Transport Company, as Owner of the S/s Cabimas v. The S/s Transcolorado, Hudson Waterways Corporation, Panama Canal Company
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided April 3, 1972No. 71-1834PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN R. BROWN, Chief Judge:
This appeal arises from the collision of the tanker S/S Cabimas and the freighter S/S Transcolorado in the Atlantic entrance channel to the Panama Canal. The Trial Court, D.C., 321 F. Supp. 546, found S/S Transcolorado solely at fault for the collision for having failed to keep a proper lookout and having failed to keep clear of the Cabi-mas as she was required to do by the Canal Zone Rules of navigation.
The setting is quite simple. S/S Transcolorado, a cargo ship, was at anchor in Colon Harbor. After completion of bunkering she intended to swing out into the main…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- China Union Lines, Ltd., Mitsubishi International Corporation, Lan Jing-Chau, Armement Deppe, S.A. v. A. O. Andersen & Co., American Cyanamid CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1966
- Gulf Oil Corporation v. Panama Canal CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
- United States v. Rudolph Ivanovich Abel, Also Known as "Mark" and Also Known as Martin Collins and Emil R. GoldfusCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1958
- United Geophysical Co. v. VelaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1956
- Union Oil Company of California v. The Tug Mary Malloy, Her Engines, Tackle, Etc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Gulf Oil Corporation, as Owner Pro Hac Vice, of the Steamship Gulfspray, Plaintiff-Appellant-Cross v. Panama Canal Company, Defendant-Appellee-CrossCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973
- Mac Towing Inc. v. American Commercial LinesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1982
- Hurd v. United StatesDistrict Court, D. South Carolina · 2001
- Korpi v. United StatesDistrict Court, N.D. California · 1997
- Mac Towing Inc. v. American Commercial LinesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1982
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