District Court, E.D. Louisiana June 25, 2001, 97CV3829, 99CV1888 (In Re Central Gulf Lines, Inc.)

ORDER AND REASONS

LIVAUDAIS, District Judge.

These two consolidated civil actions concern the June 19, 1997 collision of the GREEN OPAL, an ocean-going vessel, and LASH barge CG-F70, a dumb, unmanned barge in the tow of the tug KAM-RUP in the Hooghly River between Haldia and Calcutta, India.