The Dow Chemical Company, Plaintiff-Appellant-Cross v. Dixie Carriers, Inc., Defendant-Appellee-Cross

JOHN R. BROWN, Chief Judge.

Dow Chemical Company brought an action in admiralty against Dixie Carriers for damages to the fender works resulting from three separate collisions between barges under tow by a Dow tug demise chartered to Dixie and a railroad bridge fender system constructed by Dow on its barge canal at Freeport, Texas. Both parties appeal from the District Court’s $17,055 judgment in favor of Dow, 330 F.Supp. 1304. We affirm.

Dixie’s primary argument is that the terms of the time charter generously provide it with absolute immunity against all liability for collision damage,…