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US Coast Guard Releases Top Ten List of Towing Vessel Inadequacies
The U.S. Coast Guard has made a handout describing the 10 most common problems with towing vessels it has found during investigations of uninspected vessels. The list was created as…
56-Year-Old Crabber Killed in Collision with Tug and Barge
56-Year-Old Crabber Killed in Collision with Tug and Barge A man died this summer when his crab boat collided with a tug and barge in Port Arthur, Texas. 56-year-old John…
Deck Hand Dead After Towboat Sinks in Mississippi River
A 22-year-old deck hand drowned when new towboat Megan McB sank in the Upper Mississippi River after it allegedly lost power and floated over a dam. Two crewmembers escaped from…
Tenth Annual Working Waterfront Festival Begins this Weekend, Latti & Anderson Sponsor Contests
Latti Associates LLC will be sponsoring the net mending and scallop shucking contests this weekend at the Massachusetts Working Waterfront Festival in New Bedford. The net mending contest on September…
Jones Act Attorneys Help Injured Fishermen in Rhode Island
Rhode Island is the smallest state in the U.S. in area, but is the second most densely populated of all 50 states, second only to New Jersey. Rhode Island borders…
Latti & Anderson Helps the Working Waterfront Festival Celebrate 10 Years
Latti Associates LLC will be sponsoring two contests at the Massachusetts Working Waterfront Festival this year as the festival celebrates its ten-year anniversary September 28 and 29. Our maritime law…
Latti & Anderson Sponsoring Contests at the Massachusetts Working Waterfront Festival
Latti Associates LLC will be sponsoring both the net mending and scallop shucking contests at the Massachusetts Working Waterfront Festival this weekend, September 28 and 29. The festival is held…
US Representative’s Husband Suffers Head Injury in Maine Boating Accident
U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree’s husband suffered significant brain trauma during a boating accident in Portland Harbor. The couple and four others were riding a water taxi back from a wedding…
Liberty Island Ferry Accident Injures Eight
Eight people suffered injuries last month when a ferry struck a pier on its way to Liberty Island, according to the U.S. Coast Guard. The ferry was carrying passengers to…