Legal Opinion
Dixon Chemical Industries, Inc., as Owner of the Barge Dixon Chemicals v. Vincent C. Turecamo, Inc., and D/t Barney Turecamo, Her Engines, Etc.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided November 3, 1969No. 32708_1PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Per curiam
On November 18, 1961, a 220-foot unmanned, steel tank barge, owned by the appellant, and loaded with 2,300 tons of sulphuric acid, was taken in tow by appellee’s tug at Paulsboro, New Jersey, bound for Everett, Massachusetts. Shortly before this trip, the barge had been damaged in a collision, drydocked and repaired, including patching of the bow. It was thereafter given a temporary seaworthy certificate from the American Bureau of Shipping. The captain of the tug considered the barge properly trimmed and loaded at departure.
When the vessels were about 9 miles south of Block Island they ran…
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