Chronos Shipping v. United States Coast Guard

ORDER AND MEMORANDUM

KATZ, District Judge.

AND NOW, this 13th day of March, 1997, upon consideration of Plaintiffs Motion for Summary Judgment, defendant’s Motion for Summary Judgment, and the responses thereto, it is hereby ORDERED that the plaintiffs Motion is DENIED and the defendant’s Motion is GRANTED.

DISCUSSION

Factual Background

On November 17, 1994, the Master of the M/V ARGONAFTIS, Captain Dovas, requested permission from the United States Coast Guard to proceed from Big Stone Anchorage, Delaware, up the Delaware River to the SUN Refinery at Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania to unload the rest…