Orient Mid-East Lines, Inc. v. Cooperative for American Relief Everywhere, Inc.

TAMM, Circuit Judge:

Appellant petitions this court seeking recovery of “second freights” 1 which it alleges are owed it by the appellees under *1008shipping contracts.2 Briefly, appellant is a ship operator who, at times relevant to this litigation, operated two ships loaded with relief cargoes which had been donated by some of the appellees for delivery overseas.3 In the winter months of 1964 the appellant’s two ships were loaded with their cargoes at various Great Lakes ports. Both ships proceeded through the Great Lakes, arriving at the lakeward entrance to the Seaway shortly after the Seaway…