No One at the Bow: A Tug Captain’s Guilty Plea and the Oldest Duty on the Water
A Miami tug captain has admitted that a blocked view, [...]
Laying the Keel: A $150 Billion Bet on American Shipbuilding — and the Crews the Law Was Built to Protect
South Korea and the United States have opened a new [...]
The Rarest Bird on the Water: National Eagle Scout Day and the Mariners It Made
August 1 is National Eagle Scout Day — a salute [...]
Toll Gates at Both Ends: The Widening Gulf War, Two Chokepoints, and the Rights of the Crews Sent Through Them
Washington has sanctioned Iran’s Strait of Hormuz “extortion network,” Tehran [...]
The Gate of Tears and the Gate of Tolls
Two Chokepoints, One Crew, and the Law That Follows Them [...]
Safer, But Only on Paper? What IMCA’s 2025 Safety Numbers Show Mariners (And What They Don’t)
The offshore contracting industry's injury rates just got better. Its [...]
The Waiver That Will Not Weigh Anchor: The White House Weighs a Third U.S. Jones Act Extension
A century-old law reserving trade between American ports for American [...]
If You Build These Ships, We Will Crew Them: Texas A&M Maritime Academy Training Ship TS LONE STAR STATE Christened
Champagne on a bow is one of the few workplace [...]
Six Months’ Pay to Cross a Minefield? What the Law Says About Buying a Crew’s Consent
A supertanker owner is offering crews six months' extra salary [...]
The Fourth Arm of Defense: American Merchant Mariners Finally Receive Their Medals
On July 17, 2026, a civilian-crewed ship received the Presidential [...]