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Coast Guard Airlifts Two Workers Injured on UK Tanker

January 30, 2013

Coast Guard Airlifts Two Workers Injured on UK Tanker The US Coast Guard issued a news release that stated its San Diego station conducted a medevac of two injured crewmembers…

Boston Maritime Trial Lawyers Discuss San Diego Whale Watching Tour Death, Passenger Injuries

January 28, 2013

Boston Maritime Trial Lawyers Discuss San Diego Whale Watching Tour Death, Passenger Injuries KGTV-TV reported that 85-year-old Mary Ann Lanyon died after falling down some stairs on the MARIETTA, a…

Tugboat Crew Still Stranded, Experienced Inspector Calls Unseaworthy Vessel ‘Worst By Far’

January 25, 2013

This December 2012 video from Canada’s Global News discusses the eight crewmembers of a Bolivian-flagged, American-owned tugboat who were stranded in the Novia Scotia city of Halifax after rough weather…

Boston Maritime Attorneys Emphasize Investigation in Recreational Boating Accidents

January 23, 2013

Boston Maritime Attorneys Emphasize Investigation in Recreational Boating Accidents A 35-year-old woman died after being crushed between a boat and the MacArthur Causeway on the Intracoastal Waterway in Miami, Florida.…

Two Bridges Struck by Tanker, Tow Boat on Same Day

January 21, 2013

Vessels struck bridges in two separate incidents on January 7, 2013. This video shows some of the damage after an empty oil tanker sideswiped a tower of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay…

Boston Maritime Trial Lawyers Review Recent Fishing Accidents

January 18, 2013

Boston Maritime Trial Lawyers Review Recent Fishing Accidents The Star-News reported that the North Carolina Wildlife Resource Commission’s Division of Law Enforcement investigators are calling the January 5, 2013, death…

Feds Allege Employee Who Attacked Captain Put Towboat, Crew at Risk

January 16, 2013

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported that federal prosecutors said a towboat worker’s attack on his captain on the MIRANDA PAIGE put the towboat traveling up the Mississippi River and its…

SEASTREAK Ferry Accident Injures 57 Passengers, One Critically

January 14, 2013

This New York Post video discusses the SEASTREAK WALL STREET commuter ferry that crashed into a pier in lower Manhattan on January 9, 2013. The New York Police Department said…

Jones Act Attorneys Look at Drilling Ship Running Aground in Alaska

January 11, 2013

This video is a montage of the United States Coast Guard (USCG) rescue of crewmembers aboard THE KULLUK, a conical, Arctic-class drill ship weighing nearly 28,000 gross tons. Reuters reported…