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Ship’s Captain Convicted of Obstructing a Coast Guard Inspection.
The former captain of a Panama-flagged cargo ship that discharged hundreds of plastic pipes into the ocean,
General Maritime successfully completes financial restructuring and emerges from Chapter 11
General Maritime Corporation has announced that it has successfully
LeClairRyan attorney successfully establishes before Federal Cout the right to challenge Government pre-procurement decisions
A recent precedent-setting U.S.
The primary focus of last year’s annual update, which appeared in the April 2011 issue, was U.S. efforts to tighten economic sanctions against Iran. Over the past year, U.
Operation RAI BALANG, against illegal Pacific commercial fishing, involved a multi-national force
The Australian Defence Force mission against illegal fishing
EU Naval Force welcomes decision by Seychelles Government to bring suspect Somali pirates before court
The Republic of the Seychelles agreed to accept for prosecution
Law firm sees litigation potential increase as claims delays, underpayments, lead to claimants' woes
New Orleans has a new court monitored program that will be
The Google-backed 'Atlantic Wind Connection' underwater power line project planned off the East Coast clears a regulatory obstacle
As overall efforts lag off the Jersey coast,
Ship managers sometimes victims of owners' bogus negligence claims
Hard times have brought about an increase in bogus claims against ship managers by shipowners,
Attorneys file a lawsuit on behalf of four on-board musician victims of the Costa Concordia shipwreck
A $US200 million ($A199.45 million) lawsuit has been filed
In New Delhi the Supreme Court bans the old Exxon Valdez from entry & scrapping until decontaminated
The ship, now known as the "Oriental Nicety,"
Owners of tankship 'Dubai Star' reach settlement in civil suit brought by San Francisco, Oakland Dept. of Fish & Game
Bay area East Bay beaches and birds took the brunt of the damage,
Mr John Walker has been appointed as head of GL Noble Denton's growing Marine Casualty Investigation practice for the Americas region.
Based in the New York office,
International Transport Intermediaries Club (ITIC) says it has seen a noticeable increase in claims against ship managers by shipowners who are going through difficult financial times.
U.S. importers and exporters to address increase in anti-corruption enforcement at forthcoming Foreign Trade Association seminar
Anti-corruption enforcement is
IMO's recent meeting of the Sub-Committee on Standards of Training and Watchkeeping sets up working groups, held wide-ranging debates
The IMO’s Sub-Committee
Poland ratifies the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006, making it the the 26th of the necessary 30 states required for enactment
Poland is the 26th ILO member State
Christine Piersall of law firm Williams Mullen appointed & sworn-in to the Virginia Board for Branch Pilots, which examines & licences pilots
Christine N.
The Supreme Court has granted permission for the 'Enrica Lexie' to leave Indian waters
Agreeing that Italian ship Enrica Lexie is not the “object of crime”,
International law firm Pinsent Masons has appointed Bob Ruddiman as Global Head of Energy and Natural Resources, in a move which underlines the firm’s energy industry commitment.