Maritime Lawyer

The U.N.’s International Maritime Organization (IMO) has urged Somalia’s government to attempt to stop piracy so that aid can be delivered to the country. The aid is desperately needed as Somalia faces a “deteriorating humanitarian situation”.
As almost 80% of the UN’s World Food Programme (WFP) moves by sea, pirate attacks seriously interfere with the UN’s […]

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The 77 survivors of a cruise ship accident that were stranded on an island off of the coast of Antarctica were rescued and flown to Chile Sunday.
The survivors, crew members and passengers alike, spent two nights on King George Island. After arriving in Chile, all survivors underwent medical checks as some passengers had lost their […]

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A cruise ship ran aground after it began to take on water in the Intracoastal Waterway near Virginia Beach on the Atlantic Coast. The captain did not want the ship to sink once it began taking on water and so ran the ship aground. No one was hurt and the Coast Guard was able to […]

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Two hundred cruise ships dock in the United States, 198 of which are registered in foreign countries, exempting them from abiding by most U.S. laws and regulations allowing for poor security and little accountability in this $30-billion-a-year industry.
In one three-year period, 178 cruise passengers reported sexual assaults and 24 passengers have disappeared altogether.
The cruise ship […]

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The U.S. Attorney’s Office has launched a probe into the collision of an oil tanker and the Bay Bridge which resulted in the worst oil spill the Bay Area has seen in nearly two decades.
Coast Guard Capt. William Uberti told the Associated Press that he notified the federal investigators of issues and communication problems on […]

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