ALLIED CHEMICAL CORP. v. GULF ATLANTIC TOWING CORP.

No. 8313.

244 F.Supp. 2 (1964)

ALLIED CHEMICAL CORPORATION, Libellant, v. GULF ATLANTIC TOWING CORPORATION, the BARGE JUMBO, the TUGS GATCO NEW YORK, DOTTIE DEE, LOUISIANA II and GATCO LOUISIANA, their engines, apparel and equipment, Respondents.

United States District Court E. D. Virginia, Norfolk Division.

October 6, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Seawell, McCoy, Winston & Dalton, Norfolk, Va., Pyne, Smith & Wilson and Walter L. Hopkins, New York City, for libellant.

Vandeventer, Black, Meredith & Martin, Norfolk, Va., for respondent Gulf Atlantic Towing Corp.


BUTZNER, District Judge.

In this libel Allied Chemical Corporation seeks to recover damages to three separate shipments of its bulk chemicals which were transported by Gulf Atlantic Towing Corporation in its barge JUMBO in January 1961, July 1961 and October 1961. All three shipments were damaged by the entry of sea water in the cargo compartment of the JUMBO.

The incidents of January 1961 and October 1961 are closely related because both of these shipments...

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