Saint John Marine Co. v. United States

JACOBS, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiff Saint John Marine Co., owner of the vessel MTV Saint John, entered into a time charter party with Afram Lines (International) Inc., which in turn entered into a subvoyage charter party with the Agency for International Development, an agency of the United States Government. The time charter party included a common provision that secures the charter hire by giving the shipowner a lien on the subfreights owed to Afram. It is stipulated that the shipowner gave notice to the Government that Afram had failed to pay an amount due on the charter hire and that the…