Legal Opinion
Bouchard Transportation Co. v. The Providence
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided June 3, 1955No. 206, Docket 23347PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEDINA, Circuit Judge.
This'is another one of those collisions one would have said could not happen. Under ideal weather conditions on a clear night, with excellent visibility, and all lights burning brightly according to regulations, two flotillas approached one another in the Arthur Kill (Chart' 286). Each of the two tows, the Providence and the Rowen Card, were carrying fully loaded barges, over two hundred feet in length; and the Rowen Card and her burden were favored by a flood tide running in the neighborhood of 1% knots. The chart discloses a winding channel with a bend beginning at the…
2Cited by5 opinions
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