Friday, November 21st, 2008
Featured MarEx Print Article: Larry Kiern’s Washington Insider
Washington attorney and MarEx columnist Larry Kiern weighs in on litigation against dredging contractors in the wake of Gulf Coast hurricanes. This week’s featured archive MarEx print article is taken from our October edition, which also features the leaders of the American Salvage Association on the cover. Follow along as Larry Kiern, our regular Washington Insider columnist leads you to a better understanding of the national policy implications of recent decisions of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana in cases arising from the devastation of Hurricane Katrina. The court issued important rulings in ...
< Read More >
Are Guns the Answer to Attacks on Vessels?
Stuart Flynn, vice president business development at global maritime security service provider, Securewest International, weighs in on the all-important question of how to best combat piracy and further protect vulnerable commercial maritime assets. * * * Not only is piracy at an all time high but, during recent weeks we have seen the perpetrators widening their targets, seizing workboats, super tankers and even vessels carrying arms. Attacks off Somalia this year alone have more than doubled and yielded as much as $30 million in ransom payments, and seafarers from numerous countries taken hostage in the process. It ...
< Read More >
NTSB Determines High-Risk Maneuver Caused 2007 Baton Rouge Marine Accident
Washington, DC (October 30th 2008): The National Transportation Safety Board has determined that the probable cause of the M/V Kition's collision with the Interstate Highway 10 bridge in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, was the pilot's attempt to execute the high-risk maneuver of turning at the dock immediately above the bridge rather than moving the vessel downriver through the bridge before turning, or taking it well upriver, then turning. "This accident involving a large ship carrying a load of carbon black (a petroleum product) striking a highway bridge could have been catastrophic," said NTSB Acting Chairman Mark V. Rosenker. ...
< Read More >
PressReleases 
Articles 
