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Tim Akpinar

Tim Akpinar is a Little Neck, N.Y. based maritime attorney and former marine engineer. He can be reached at 718-224-9824 or [email protected].

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Utopia IV (left) and Tropic Breeze (right) before the casualty. Sources: Rossinavi (left); Capt. Chris Knowles (right)

Maintaining a ‘proper lookout’

The Coast Guard, Maryland Department of the Environment and Evergreen Marine, in partnership with multiple state and local responders, refloat the Ever Forward on April 17, 2022, in Chesapeake Bay. George Mason University photo.

Cell phone use cited in containership grounding

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Maritime liens are powerful tools

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Obstruction of justice

Towing vessel Robert Cenac under way before the accident. Source: William Word/NTSB

Poor communication cited in barge accident

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Legal tests for seaman status

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Who caused your injury?

Santa Barbara boat fire SB Sheriff — Thirty-four passengers and crew died in the dive vessel Conception fire. Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office

New safety recommendations emerge from dive boat fire