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 [...]
Aqueous Firm-Forming Foam: Fire, “Forever Chemicals”, and the Crews Caught in the Middle
An International Maritime Organization rule took effect this January, and [...]
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 [...]