In Re the Libel of China Union Lines, Ltd.

MEMORANDUM

CONNALLY, Chief Judge.

Included among the maze of litigation ensuing from the collision of the Chinese Motor Vessel UNION RELIANCE with the Norwegian Motor Tanker BEREAN in the Houston Ship Channel in November of 1961 were the claims of the owners of three vessels allegedly delayed by the blocking of the channel. These claims by Armement Deppe, S. A., as owner of the SS LUXEMBOURG, Partenreederie “Marcus Bischoff”, as owner of the M/V MARCUS BISCHOFF, and Consolidated Mariners, Inc., as owner of the SS VILLAGE, were timely filed in the limitation proceeding instituted by China Union…