Legal Opinion
Mitsui O. S. K. Lines, K. K. v. Horton & Horton, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided June 21, 1973No. 72-3104PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SIMPSON, Circuit Judge:
Shortly after noon of November 28, 1970 the Kasugasan Maru (ship), a 492-foot general cargo vessel of 8500 gross tons owned by plaintiff-appellee Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, K.K., a Japanese corporation (Mitsui) was proceeding outbound to the Gulf of Mexico in the Houston Ship Channel to seaward of Beacons 75 and 76, near “Five-Mile-Cut”, where the channel traverses the open waters of Galveston Bay. The ship was loaded light with a draft aft of about 20 feet. Her beam was 62 feet, visibility was good, the wind and weather normal. Approaching inbound was the barge H & H 130…
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