In Re the Arbitration Between Tsakalotos Navigation Corp. & Sonaco, Sociedad Internacional De Comercio S.A.

MEMORANDUM

TENNEY, District Judge.

Petitioner moves pursuant to the United States Arbitration Act, 9 U.S.C. §§ 4-6 (1947), for an order directing respondent, a Spanish corporation, to proceed to arbitration and appointing an arbitrator to act for respondent. Petitioner is a New York corporation acting as authorized agent of the Chatham Shipping Co., a Liberian corporation, which owns the S.S. GENERAL TSAKA-LOTOS, a Greek flag steamer.

In an agreement dated September 10, 1965, petitioner and respondent entered into a charter party whereby respondent hired the S.S. GENERAL TSAKA-LOTOS. The charter…