Maritime Lawyer

A federal grand jury recently indicted Shawn Keith Cox, of Suisun City, in connection with a 2006 accident in which a California Hornblower vessel rammed into Pier 3 in San Francisco. Cox, 44, is accused of altering his 1996 merchant mariner license to make it appear as though it had been issued in 2006, as […]

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The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) named the implementation boater education requirements as one of its most wanted improvements in 2008. Although at least 36 states have already adopted rules requiring boat operators to complete safety education training before being licensed, the NTSB expressed concern about safety in the states who have yet to follow […]

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The Tennessee legislature moved one step closer recently to passing a bill that would make it a criminal offense for a boat operator to leave the scene of an accident. The measure, sponsored by Senator Steve Roller, D-McMinnville, would amplify old regulations requiring an operator to render assistance to victims of the accident and provide […]

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A collision of two crab boats near Webb’s Landing in Mississippi earlier this month claimed one life and left another fisherman injured. Edward A. Rice Jr. was killed in the accident, and his passenger, whose name was not released, taken to an area hospital for treatment. The accident was witnessed by two Department of Marine […]

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The Coast Guard today successfully rescued an injured crew member from the Republic of Marshall Island ship CMA CGM Purple.
The Purple is a 789-foot container ship that is registered in the Republic of Marshall Islands. It is owned by the CMA CGM Group which is an international shipping company that also has holdings in rail […]

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