AMERICAN TRADING AND PRODUCTION CORPORATION v. SHELL INTERNATIONAL MARINE LTD.1 (THE "WASHINGTON TRADER")
[1972] 1 Lloyd's Rep. 463
UNITED STATESDISTRICT COURTSOUTHERN DISTRICT OFNEW YORK
Before District Judge Harold R. Tyler, Jr.
United States - Charter-party (Voyage) - Frustration - Vessel chartered from U.S. port to Bombay - Suez Canal subsequently closed by outbreak of war - Vessel proceeded via Cape of Good Hope - Whether shipowners entitled to additional freight - Whether charter-party frustrated - Liberties clause - American Tanker Rate Schedule.