Hygrade Operators, Inc. v. the Tug Tahchee

OPINION

DEBEVOISE, Senior District Judge.

Plaintiffs, Hygrade Operators, Inc., as Owner of the Barge ST-18 and Spenton-bush/Red Star Companies, Inc., as Operator of the Barge ST-18 (collectively “plaintiffs”) instituted this admiralty action against defendants, The Tug Tahchee, her engines and tackle, etc., in rem and Sea River Maritime Inc., as Owner and Operator of the Tug Tahchee, in personam,- (collectively “defendants”). The action arises out of a January 12,1995 collision between the tug Tahchee and the light barge ST-18 which was under the navigation control of the tug Cheyenne.…