Hellenic Lines Ltd. v. S.S. Union Metropole

WALTER E. HOFFMAN, Chief Judge.

These actions, consolidated for trial, involve a collision between the motor ship HOLLANDIA, owned and operated by the libellant and cross-respondent, Hellenic Lines, Ltd., and the tanker AM-TANK, with Sinclair Refining Company being the owner pro hac vice, on the evening of August 12, 1958, in the vicinity of Overfalls Lightship near the mouth of the Delaware Bay. The dry cargo vessel UNION METROPOLE, owned by In*384ternational Union Lines, Inc., is a party to one action instituted by Hellenic Lines, Ltd., although the UNION METRO-POLE did not come into physical…