Tampa Ship Repair and Dry Dock Co. v. Esso Export Corp‪.‬

On May 28, 1954, the S.S. Cortes, owned by Tampa Ship Repair & Dry Dock Co., Inc., was chartered under demise form with a restricted purchase option to South Pacific Steamship Lines, Inc. The charter contained, in the usual and unmistakable language, a provision absolutely forbidding the creation of maritime liens.