In Re the Complaint of the City of New York, as Owner & Operator of the M/V Andrew J. Barberi

MEMORANDUM & ORDER

KORMAN, Senior District Judge.

On the afternoon of October 15, 2003, the Staten Island Ferry Andrew J. Bar-beri (the “Barberi” or “Ferry”) collided with a maintenance pier near the Staten Island Ferry Terminal, killing eleven passengers and injuring more than seventy. The Dorothy J, a tugboat owned and operated by Henry Marine Service, Inc. (“Henry Marine”), one of the two claimants in this action, came to the aid of the Barberi shortly after the crash. The second claimant, Robert Seekers, a licensed Master employed by Henry Marine, served as Mate aboard the Dorothy J and was…