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As you know, President Trump signed a number of appropriations bills on Friday (Feb. 15)…
In an earlier blog post, I addressed some of the legal issues related to civil…
Twenty years ago, on Feb. 4, 1999, the 63- foot freighter New Carissa ran aground near Coos…
So, if you accept the National Transportation Safety Board’s determination that rapid down-flooding of the…
Reports of a slow recovery in the Gulf of Mexico continue to surface, but there…
Jones Act seamen are wards of the court, and an employer has legal duties when…
We used to send the newbies down the pier looking for bulkhead remover. It was…
The National Transportation Safety Board determined that the “probable cause of the flooding and sinking…
In 1970 I worked on the Delta Queen for six months. It was my first…
The offshore market is on an upward trend, analysts say, although the recent dip in…