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 [...]
Blockaded Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea: Houthis Declare Bab el-Mandeb Strait Closed to Saudi Crude
Yemen’s Houthis have declared a maritime embargo against Saudi Arabia [...]
Who Decides Who Decides? The Fifth Circuit’s Hill v. Jackson Offshore Decision and the Hidden Power of Arbitration Clauses
A single sentence in a post-injury arbitration agreement decided not [...]
The Guardian and the Tollbooth: What a 20% Hormuz Fee Would Mean for the Crews Who Sail It
The United States has declared itself “the Guardian of the [...]
Lone Star Leading Them All: Galveston’s T/S Elissa Takes America’s 250th By Storm
For a Texas maritime lawyer, it is a rare pleasure [...]
Dark Ship, Rich Cargo: The Profit in Running the Strait Dark
In the past, we covered how ships and crew have [...]
The Human Freight of the Hormuz Strait: The Crises and Crewmen Still Left Behind
The Strait of Hormuz is open again, but the interim [...]