Legal Opinion
Valero Marketing & Supply Co. v. M/V Almi Sun, IMO
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided June 19, 2018No. 16-30194PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judge:
This case asks whether a bunker supplier, having entered into a contract with a bunker trader that later went bankrupt, is entitled to assert a maritime lien against the vessel that physically received its fuel. Because that supplier cannot show that it provided necessaries "on the order of the owner or a person authorized by the owner," we affirm the district court's denial of a maritime lien.
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While in Corpus Christi, Texas, the Almi Sun (the "Vessel") needed refueling. Almi Tankers S.A., an agent for the Vessel's owner Verna Marine Co. Ltd., contracted…
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