What is Mediation and When Should You Use It?
Contrary to common depictions of the legal world in [...]
What is a “seaman”? And what is a “Jones Act” seaman?
The Jones Act is a federal law (100 years [...]
Seafarers Request Greater Access to PPE
The U.K.-based charity Human Rights at Sea Human Rights [...]
National Safe Boating Week
Did you know that this is National Boating Week? [...]
FMC Launches New Investigation into Passenger Cruise Line Sector
Recently, the Federal Maritime Commission (“FMC”) in the US [...]
Deepwater Horizon: Ten Years Later
On April 20, 2010, the Deepwater Horizon oil rig [...]
Obligations to Care for Seamen Who Contract COVID-19
If a seaman or a crewmember of a vessel [...]
COVID-19 USCG Bulletin: Reporting and Questions
The United States Coast Guard (“USCG”) recently published a [...]
Passengers Aboard Grand Princess Face Varying Quarantine Plans
The quarantined cruise ship Grand Princess finally has been [...]
COVID-19: How Shipping is Affected Around the World
The COVID-19 pandemic still rages unabated in April 2020, [...]
