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Six Hurt After Fishing Trawler Smashes Into Warship
This video from Canada’s CBC News discusses the American fishing trawler that smashed into the HMCS Winnipeg near Canadian Forces Base (CFB) Esquimalt on Vancouver Island in British Columbia. According…
Jones Act Attorneys Look at Barge Explosions in Mobile, Alabama
This WALA-TV video shows footage of a fire that resulted from a series of explosions on a pair of oil barges on the Mobile River in Alabama on April 24.…
Boston Maritime Attorneys Help Families Get Answers When Loved Ones Go Missing
Boston Maritime Attorneys Help Families Get Answers When Loved Ones Go Missing On Monday, we discussed the tragic accident that took the life of David C. McAuliffe, the lead captain…
Tugboat Sinks Four Months After Latti Associates LLC Obtains $2.25 Million Settlement for Injured Crewmember
The Baltimore Sun reported that a 102-foot tugboat, the KALEEN MCALLISTER, sank late at night on May 4. Mike Reagoso, the vice president of Mid-Atlantic operations for McAllister Towing, told…
Sunken Boat Salvaged, But Captain Remains Missing
In this video from the Press of Atlantic City, the wife and father of 35-year-old David C. McAuliffe respond to the US Coast Guard’s April 24 decision to suspend its…
Jones Act Lawyers Review ICS, IMO Concerns About Casualty Reports
The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) issued a press release on April 22 stating that the organization made a joint submission with the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) to the…
Master Mariner Discusses Nine Common Towing Vessel Deficiencies
Captain Peter Squicciarini, a licensed master mariner and marine safety specialist whose resume includes working as a safety manager for an East Coast tug and barge company, recently contributed an…
Hundreds of Barges Break Free in Multiple Incidents Before Three Hurt in Alabama Explosions
This video shows some of the seven barges that came to rest against the Marseilles Dam in central Illinois after they broke free from the DALE A. HELLER, a 128-foot…
Tugboat Captain Dies From Burn Injuries in Louisiana Explosion
Last month, we discussed the fire and explosion near Bayou Perot about 30 miles south of New Orleans after the 47-foot tugboat SHANON E. SETTOON struck a liquefied natural gas…