Legal Opinion
Coastal (Bermuda) Petroleum Ltd. v. Naughton
District Court, D. New Jersey
Decided September 27, 1994No. Civ. A. Nos. 90-2419 (WGB), 91-1015 (WGB)PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BASSLER, District Judge.
I. INTRODUCTION
In the early morning of June 7, 1990, after heaving anchor at Stapleton Anchorage in the Port of New York, near the Verrazano Bridge, and scheduled to berth at the terminal of Coastal New York in Bayonne New Jersey, the 811 foot Motor Tanker BT Nautilus ran aground in the Kill van Kull, rupturing the No. 4 starboard cargo tank, and discharging an estimated 230,000 gallons of No. 6 fuel oil. (Ex. 435 at 1). Limitation Plaintiff, Nautilus. Motor Tanker Ltd. (“Nautilus”), as owner of the vessel, put up a $26,000,000 bond to cover the claims for…
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