Grant v. Cia Anonima Venezolana de Navegacion

FRANK B. ELLIS, District Judge.

This case is another in the eternal triangle of longshoreman versus shipowner, and shipowner versus stevedoring company.1 Respondent, Cia Anónima Venezolana de Navegación, is the owner and operator of the M/V NEUVA ESPARTA, a motor vessel of Venezuelan registry, of 5016 gross tons. She has four hatches, three of which are forward of the midships housing and one aft.

The M/V NEUVA ESPARTA arrived in New Orleans on the morning of February 17, 1961, and tied up at the Third Street Wharf, starboard side to the wharf. Shortly thereafter, employees of…