Maritime Lawyer

A cruise ship recently collided with a Manhattan pier. There are, so far, no reports of injuries.
Officials for New York City say that the collision damaged parking lot support beams on Pier 90 on the Hudson River. They would also like to mention that there is no risk of collapse.
The ship, Norwegian Spirit, was owned […]

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Periodic checks on cargo carried by the Latvian ship Sava Lake continue after the bodies of two crew members were discovered on Friday. Concern that the deaths may have been caused by a chemical leak prompted the investigation into the temperature of the ferrous metal on board.
The Sava Lake, normally crewed by seven men, is […]

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Poor ventilation is being blamed in a fuel tank explosion that nearly killed a welder last month in San Diego.  The explosion occurred on the US Navy cruiser Lake Champlain while it was undergoing maintenance.
This information comes from an official with the welder’s union who is close to the federal investigation. The allegations come just […]

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Senators Dianne Feinstein and Barbara Boxer have introduced legislation to prevent future oil spills. They have introduced two separate pieces of legislation.
The first piece of legislation, Boxer-Feinstein Maritime Emergency Prevention Act, aims to grant the Coast Guard more power and resources for their Vessel Traffic Service (VTS). This bill ensures that the Coast Guard will […]

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The San Fransisco Bay area is about to get a lot more dangerous because of a lack of funding.
The PORTS (Physical Oceanographic Real Time System), a high tech navigation system that uses real time signals from various stations on docks around the bay, is going to be shut down next summer due to a lack of […]

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