Port Ship Service, Inc. v. International Ship Management & Agencies Service, Inc.

In these cases consolidated on appeal, Port Ship Service, Inc. (“Port Ship”), a supplier of water taxi services, sued the maritime agent defendants, Astral International Shipping Services, Inc. (“Astral”) and International Ship Management & Agencies Service, Inc. (“International Ship”), to recover for unpaid services that were ordered by those agents on behalf of their clients, owners or operators of various vessels anchored in the New Orleans environs. When ordering water taxi services, the maritime agents customarily provided Port Ship with the names of the vessels for which the services…