A lawsuit was filed on behalf of an injured sailor on July 27th 2012 alleging claims of negligence on the part of his employer, Hercules Offshore. The sailor, who wishes to remain anonymous, was working on a Hercules Offshore vesselRead More

A man who was injured while working offshore for the Texan marine support company Seacor Marine has filed a lawsuit against the company, citing negligence and vessel unseaworthiness. The man was performing his maintenance duties inside the engine room ofRead More

A number of prominent members of the maritime industry have proposed a set of new laws to the International Maritime Organization (IMO) that would make it mandatory for containers to be weighed before being loaded onto a cargo ship. TheRead More

Plans are underway for a response mission to salvage a dredge barge that sank in a collision with a tugboat on Lake Huron. The accident occurred last Thursday when the 110 foot long barge smashed into the 38 foot longRead More

The American Chemical Safety Board (CSB) is scheduled to release its findings of an investigation into the Deepwater Horizon disaster that caused the devastating 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill this week. The CSB is one of several federal regulatoryRead More

Tragedy has struck on a cargo ship anchored in the Houston Ship Channel after a crew member on the vessel fell to his death in the early hours of the morning of June 28th, 2012. The crew member was standingRead More

As the latest response to the Cruise Industry Operational Safety Review conducted earlier this year, the cruise ship industry has adopted a number of additional voluntary safety measures designed to make cruise ships safer for passengers. The Cruise Industry OperationalRead More

The search for a group of missing Philippine fisherman was called off on Monday by the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG). The four fisherman have been missing for two weeks after their small fishing vessel was smashed into by an unidentifiedRead More

A family recreational boating weekend ended in tragedy as two of the family members were killed in a boating accident on Midmar Dam in the Kwazulu Natal Province of South Africa on Sunday. The Van Heerden family were spending aRead More

It seems that all too often open gratings on ships seem to cause accidents and injuries to onboard personnel. An accident report that was recently released by the Danish Maritime Authority on an incident that occurred onboard the Danish chemicalRead More