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COMPLAINT OF THEBES SHIPPING INC.

No. 76 Civ. 5638.

486 F.Supp. 436 (1980)

In the Matter of the COMPLAINT of THEBES SHIPPING INC. as Owner of S. T. ARGO MERCHANT, for Exoneration from or Limitation of Liability.

United States District Court, S. D. New York.

February 7, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Burlingham, Underwood & Lord by Joseph C. Smith, Terry L. Stoltz, New York City, for petitioner Thebes Shipping Inc.

Bigham, Englar, Jones & Houston by Douglas A. Jacobsen, Francis M. O'Regan, New York City, for claimant Continental Ins. Co.

OPINION

GRIESA, District Judge.

This action rises from the grounding of the Liberian S. T. Argo Merchant December 15, 1976 approximately 25 miles southeast of Nantucket Island. The Argo Merchant was a tanker carrying a cargo of 27,566 long tons of fuel oil on a voyage from Puerto La Cruz, Venezuela to Salem, Massachusetts. After lingering in the stranded position for some days, the ship broke in two and sank. The entire cargo of oil spilled into the ocean...

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